Adrian Bălășescu
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 72313 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Adrian Bălășescu |
| PRENOMES | Adrian |
| SOBRENOME | Bălășescu |
| ASSINATURA | BĂLĂȘESCU A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Romanian Academy |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6523-8405 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 67 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 251 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 67 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1997 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Preliminary study of the faunal material discovered in an Early Eneolithic feature from Alexandria – Limonagiul settlement (Teleorman County). 2019–2021 campaigns
Studiul prezintă analiza arheozoologică preliminară a materialului faunistic descoperit într‐un complex eneolitic timpuriu al culturii Gumelniţa A1 din așezarea de la Alexandria, punctul Limonagiul (jud. Teleorman), contribuind la completarea lacunelor privind paleoeconomia acestei faze din sudul României. Eșantionul studiat este bogat în resturi, cu 10,252, dintre care 3,800 (37,93%) au putut fi determinate taxonomic. Materialul prezintă un numă…
Archaeological Insights into the 16 th–17th Centuries Human Behaviour in the Vecinity of Do amnei Church
The archaeological excavation carried out in the courtyard of the Nifon Palace in 2023 led to the identification of two pits located within the perimeter of the Doamnei Church necropolis. Based on ceramic materials, these features were dated to the 16th–17th centuries. During the investigation, faunal remains were collected and analyzed from an archaeozoological perspective, providing valuable reference material for the medieval period
The emergence of the Neolithic in Dobrudja (Romania) reflected by the osseous industry
On the Lower Danube River basin, the oldest Neolithic assemblages appear around 6200 BC. However, the evolution of the Neolithic seems to have occurred later in the Dobrudja region between the Danube River and Black Sea. The archaeological evidence from the Dobrudja has shed light on subject long debated by specialists. At the current stage of knowledge, the oldest Neolithic archaeological finds belong to the Hamangia culture (c. 5300–4600 cal BC…
Exploring human–landscape interactions in the Northern Balkans
Economic significance of Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 in the Gumelniţa culture (5th mill. BC)
Importance économique du Cervus elaphus dans la culture Gumelniţa (Ve millénaire avant J.-C.): de la ressource alimentaire aux ressources techniques. La région située entre le Danube et les Carpates est une zone clé pour la recherche sur les périodes préhistoriques, en particulier celles relatives au ve millénaire avant J.-C. Cette période est marquée par l'évolution du technocomplexe Kodjadermen-Gumelniţa-Karanovo VI, caractérisée par des change…
Industria materiilor dure animale din situl preistoric de la Șoimești – Merez (jud. Prahova)
Ansamblul arheologic analizat în acest studiu provine din situl preistoric pluristratificat de la Șoimești – Merez (jud. Prahova). Piesele au fost descoperite în nivelurile de locuire atribuite perioadei timpurii a epocii bronzului și într-un mormânt de inhumație. Din os au fost confecționate mai ales vârfuri, urmate de falange perforate, dăltițe și un ac, în timp ce din corn a fost confecționată o daltă, iar din dinte, un racloir și un pandantiv…
A new Palaeolithic female figurine from Piatra Neamț, Romania
Neolithic herding practices in the Southern Caucasus
Exploitation of Osseous Materials During the Mesolithic in the Iron Gates
The Mesolithic settlements on the left bank of the Danube in the Iron Gates have yielded numerous artefacts made of osseous materials. Products and sub-products of the chaîne opératoire are present, suggesting in situ manufacturing of the finished items. Among a restricted range of artefact types, the most characteristic ones are bevelled tools made of antler, pointed tools of bone, and boar tusk scrapers. Our research has focused on identifying …
Technological transformation of the bone at the Eneolithic tell settlement of Vitănești, southern Romania (Gumelnița B1 level)
This paper discusses the technological exploitation of bone at the tell settlement of Vitanesti (southern Romania). A total of 307 artefacts from the Gumelnita B1 level were analysed for this study, which can be assigned to four product and sub-product categories (waste, blanks, preforms, finished pieces). At the level of determined bones, the most numerous are those belonging to large species, both domestic and wild mammals. We also note the use…
Morphological and dietary adaptations to different socio-economic systems in Chalcolithic dogs
Pointed bone tools from the Hamangia culture on the Lower Danube
Sine Qua Non
Past human population dynamics play a key role in integrated models of understanding socio-ecological change over time. However, little analysis on this issue has been carried out for the prehistoric societies in the Lower Danube and Eastern Balkans area. Here, we use summed probability distributions of radiocarbon dates to investigate potential regional and local variation population dynamics. Our study adopts a formal model-testing approach to …
The archaeozoology of the Făgăraș fortress during the Habsburg period
The archaeozoological material discussed in this article came from one feature (Cpl. 2) located in the southern outer courtyard of the fortress investigated in the summer of 2020. The collected artefacts date mainly to the 18th and 19th centuries, therefore to the Austrian era, although some of them had been in use even earlier during the 17th century. The feature, most likely with the initial phase in the middle of the 17th century, has function…
Die mittel- und spätlatènezeitlichen Nekropolen in Desa, jud. Dolj, Rumänien. Beiträge zu dem Bestattungswesen in der Region des Eisernen Tores. Teil 1
In Desa sind in den Bereichen Castravița und Lunculița zwei Latène-Nekropolen gefunden worden. Die Nekropole in Desa-Castravița ist die erste Nekropole der Mittel- und Spätlatène-Zeit in der Region des Eisernen Tores, für die menschliche und tierische Überreste paläoanthropologisch und archäozoologisch analysiert worden sind. Menschliche Überreste konnten in sechs Gräbern in kleinen Mengen gefunden werden; sie sind stark fragmentiert und deformie…
The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes
Domestication of horses fundamentally transformed long-range mobility and warfare 1 . However, modern domesticated breeds do not descend from the earliest domestic horse lineage associated with archaeological evidence of bridling, milking and corralling 2–4 at Botai, Central Asia around 3500 bc 3 . Other longstanding candidate regions for horse domestication, such as Iberia 5 and Anatolia 6 , have also recently been challenged. Thus, the genetic,…
Mesolithic Icoana revisited (II) – A reappraisal of the faunal remains
Localizat în zona Porților de Fier în sud-vestul României, Icoana era unul dintre siturile preistorice inundate ca urmare a construcției barajului hidrocentralei Porțile de Fier I. În perioada 1967-1969 au fost cercetate 91m2 până la o adâncime de maxim 3m. Datele radiocarbon AMS indică pentru Icoana două perioade de locuire de scurtă durată, prima pe durata mezoliticului mijlociu (cca. 8500‒ 7600 cal BC și a două pe durata celui final (tranziția…
Alba sau Băneasa – La Stejar? Reidentificarea unui sit arheologic din nord-vestul Bucureștiului / Alba or Băneasa – La Stejar? Re-identifying an archaeological site in northwestern Bucharest
Rescue archaeological excavations at Sisești Street, nos. 147– 175 led to the identification and investigation of 29 archaeological features dated to the Bronze Age, the 9th and the 18th centuries. The paper discusses in detail the results of the research (archaeological materials and features) from an interdisciplinary perspective. It also raises the question of the previos misidentification of certain sites along the Colentina River in the area…
Reinterpreting an intriguing osseous assamblage from Chitila-Fermă (Bucharest, Romania)
The 2001– 2004 archaeological excavations at Chitila-Fermă (Bucharest, Romania) uncovered features and archaeological materials attributed to 4th century BC– 1st century AD and the 2nd– 5th centuries AD. To the 2nd– 5th centuries AD were assigned a few osseous items interpreted by V. Boroneanț as bearing the remains of an ancient form of writing. This assemblage, curated nowadays at “ Vasile Pârvan” Institute of Archaeology in Bucharest makes the…
Cercetări arheologice preventive în județul Giurgiu
Lucrările de implementare a proiectului BRUA au impus și realizarea evaluării arheologice a traseului magistralei pentru gaze naturale și, apoi, implicit, în funcție de situații, a cercetărilor arheologice preventive. În cele ce urmează, ne vom opri asupra unor rezultate punctuale din zona de traseu BRUA din centrul județului Giurgiu – Mirău (com. Stoenești). Stratigrafia sitului este predominant naturală. Toate intervențiile stratigrafice (un fo…
The deposition of dogs (Canis familiaris) at Satu Nou – Valea lui Voicu (Babadag culture)
The archaeozoological study carried out in Satu Nou – Valea lui Voicu (Oltina, Constanța County) provides new information on the relationship between humans and dogs in the early period of the Iron Age. Thus, numerous bones from several dogs (Canis familiaris) were identified in the feature called “ ditch or gully” and in a pit (Pit 41). The authors of the research attributed this context, stratigraphically considered the oldest, to the Babadag c…
Noi date cronologice referitoare la culturile Cernavodă I și Cucuteni obținute în urma cercetărilor arheologice de la Săveni (județul Ialomița)
Cercetările arheologice sistematice efectuate în situl pluristratificat de la Săveni-La Movile (județul Ialomița) au permis evidențierea, printre altele, a două niveluri de locuire eneolitice aparținând culturii Cernavodă I. În cuprinsul acestora, pe lângă inventarul obișnuit, au fost descoperite și șase fragmente ceramice cucuteniene, databile în etapa Cucuteni B2, ce reprezintă importuri în mediul cultural Cernavodă Ib. De asemenea, din cuprins…
Pour une relecture des collections archéologiques néolithique et chalcolithique dans la zone de Hamangia-Baia
Dans le cadre de la mission archéologique franco-roumaine „Archéologie du delta du Danube” et du Laboratoire International Associé (IRP GOCHE), nous avons entrepris de travailler sur la caractérisation de la séquence chronologique et culturelle Néolithique-Chalcolithique en Dobroudja du nord. Ces travaux visent, notamment, à reprendre l’étude des collections anciennes, et à les publier de manière monographique. Depuis 2012, les travaux ont essent…
Exploatarea mamiferelor din nivelul Boian Spanțov din tell-ul de la Hîrșova (secțiunea C)
Studiul arheozoologic al faunei de mamifere din nivelul Boian Spanțov descoperit în secțiunea C a tell-ului de la Hârșova ne relevă că această populație preistorică se ocupa cu creșterea animalelor, în special a bovinelor și a ovicaprinelor. Vârstele de sacrificare în cazul bovinelor ilustrează o exploatare mixtă (atât pentru carne, cât și pentru producția de lapte), în timp ce ovicaprinele erau exploatate mai ales pentru producția de lapte. Porc…
Between worlds and elites at the beginning of the Early Bronze Age in the Lower Danube Basin
The Upper Palaeolithic site of Kalavan 1 (Armenia)
The altitudinal mobility of wild sheep at the Epigravettian site of Kalavan 1 (Lesser Caucasus, Armenia)
Seasonality and season of birth in early Eneolithic sheep from Cheia (Romania)
Early herding at Măgura-Boldul lui Moş Ivănuş (early sixth millennium BC, Romania)
Stable isotope analyses were conducted on faunal remains from the site of Măgura-Boldul lui Moş Ivănuş with the objective of characterizing the environments and seasonality of husbandry in the earliest Neolithic (Gura Baciului-Cârcea/Starčevo-Criş I) of southern Romania. Results from bone collagen analysis indicate extensive herding strategies for cattle and pigs. However, sequential analysis in tooth enamel also provides evidence for winter leaf…
Sophisticated cattle dairy husbandry at Borduşani-Popină (Romania, fifth millennium BC)
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Wild, domestic and feral? Investigating the status of suids in the Romanian Gumelniţa (5th mil. cal BC) with biogeochemistry and geometric morphometrics
What's behind the tell phenomenon? An archaeozoological approach of Eneolithic sites in Romania
Tehran Chic
La faune du Bronze final IIIb du site fortifié de Boulancourt « le Châtelet » (Seine-et-Marne)
The site of “ Le Chatelet” at Boulancourt (Seine-et-Marne, France), located on the western edge of the Gâtinais Beauceron plateau, is a fortified hill settlement occupied at the end of the Late Bronze Age IIIb. It has produced more than 33000 faunal remains of which almost 8000 have been determined. The archaeological complexes which supplied the material are mostly pits and large and shallow ditches (pits F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10,…
Food Supply Strategies in the Romanian Eneolithic
Previously observed specialization in sheep/goat kill-off patterns from Romanian Eneolithic sites raises the question of a limited duration of the slaughtering period. In order to provide reliable month of death distribution for sheep/goats, the approach developed here takes into account uncertainties regarding the age-at-death and the month of birth, based on classic archaeozoological techniques. We show that sheep slaughtering rarely occurred f…
Haute Couture in Tehran
This article sketches a map of the formation of taste in Iran and the circulation of desire across class and geographic borders. Focusing on haute couture production in Tehran, it focuses on the careers of two designers. Discussing their sources of inspiration and the expectations of their clients, it illustrates different understandings of fashion in the city. Ideas about modernity, tradition, and the West are reworked according to the aesthetic…
Between worlds and elites at the beginning of the Early Bronze Age in the Lower Danube Basin
Dog molars as personal ornaments in a Kura-Araxes child burial (Kalavan-1, Armenia)
Diet Variability and Stable Isotope Analyses
Several human groups (from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age) have been analysed in France during the past decade (mainly for C and N stable isotope) as part of research programmes focusing on prehistoric dietary variability. The environment, cultural/social choices or even biological characteristics are among the parameters influencing food acquisition and consumption. This short report presents the first diachronic isotopic results on the palaeod…
New insights into the invasive process of the eastern house mouse ( Mus musculus musculus )
The house mouse invasion of the European continent has crucial implications for our understanding of the synanthropization process of European small mammals during the Holocene. Mice remains collected from a Chalcolithic burnt house in southern Romania, provided a unique opportunity to document which of the two house mouse subspecies was the commensal taxa of the late Neolithic Romania and question the factors of its invasive process. To obtain t…
Exploitation of Osseous Materials During the Mesolithic in the Iron Gates
The Mesolithic settlements on the left bank of the Danube in the Iron Gates have yielded numerous artefacts made of osseous materials. Products and sub-products of the chaîne opératoire are present, suggesting in situ manufacturing of the finished items. Among a restricted range of artefact types, the most characteristic ones are bevelled tools made of antler, pointed tools of bone, and boar tusk scrapers. Our research has focused on identifying …
Harvesting molluscs in the Eneolithic
Freshwater bivalve shells are frequently identified in faunal assemblages from Neo-Eneolithic tell settlements along the Danube River valley in South-East Romania (5th millennium BC). Up until now, significant accumulations of freshwater bivalve shells have been identified only in household refuse areas of the settlements, where they form consistent shell layers. The origin and formation of such shell accumulations and, more generally, the role o…
Camels in Romania
Bălăşescu, Adrian (2014): Camels in Romania. Anthropozoologica 49 (2): 253-264, DOI: 10.5252/az2014n2a07, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/az2014n2a07
Neolithic herding practices in the Southern Caucasus
Morphological and dietary adaptations to different socio-economic systems in Chalcolithic dogs
Sine Qua Non
Past human population dynamics play a key role in integrated models of understanding socio-ecological change over time. However, little analysis on this issue has been carried out for the prehistoric societies in the Lower Danube and Eastern Balkans area. Here, we use summed probability distributions of radiocarbon dates to investigate potential regional and local variation population dynamics. Our study adopts a formal model-testing approach to …
Manufacturing technique and social identity
This paper focuses on the identification of changes in the processing of osse- ous materials in the southeast European Neolithic, beginning with three types of production by manufacture wear technique typical for the region: bipartition by abrasion, segmentation with fibre and perforation by wear technique. The processing of osseous materials is strongly conditioned by their natural anatomic shapes which is why only a restricted range of possible…
Deciphering Feasting in the Late Bronze Age Settlement of Rotbav, Transylvania
In the present article we explore the possibilities of reconstructing social behaviour through a detailed analysis of the so-called ‘ashmounds’ of the Late Bronze Age in Eastern Europe, starting from new research at a settlement of the Noua culture, Rotbav in south-eastern Transylvania. For the first time, the excavations comprised not only the ‘ashmound’ but also its vicinity, revealing the existence of structures like houses and pits. Furthermo…
Dogs, jaws, and other stories
The relationship between people and dogs has its beginnings in the Palaeolithic and extends to contemporary times. This paper explores the role of dogs in Eneolithic communities from the Balkans, with a particular focus on two dog mandibles which were discovered in House No. 14 at Sultana-Malu Roşu (ca. 4600 – 3950 b.c.) in Romania. The two artifacts belong to different excavation levels. The first mandible was identified in the foundation trench…
Beavers ( Castor fiber ) in the Past
Archaeological beaver ( Castor fiber ) remains from Romanian sites dating from the Mesolithic to the Middle Ages are described in terms of their frequencies (based on the number of identified specimens), morphology and size. A summary of previous archaeozoological studies in the geographical and historical regionalization of the Romanian territory (i.e. Banat, Dobrudja, Moldavia, Muntenia, Oltenia and Transylvania) shows that temporal and regiona…
Archaeological researches at Borduşani - Popină (Ialomiţa county) preliminary report 1993-1994
AI about 2,5 km NE of Borduani village (Ialomia county), in the Balta lalomiel. a terrain which is surrounded by the Borcea channel of the Danube, and by the Danube river itself, lies the site known by the inhabitants as "Popin"; on XIX'" century maps it is referred to as "Popina Mare" -plate 1
La faune de l'auberge Constantin Vodã (XVIIIe s., Bucarest, Roumanie)
Studiul materialului faunistic descoperit în tell-ul de la Vitănești (jud. Teleorman)
Cette contribution est consacrée au matériel faunique issu du niveau Gumelniţa B1 (4250-3900 B.C.) du tell Vităneşti- Măgurice (jud. Teleorman). Les 8566 restes fauniques étudiés appartiennent aux plusieurs classes: Mollusca, Pisces, Reptilia, Aves et Mammalia. Ce fait nous relève une exploitation complexe de toutes les ressources du milieu. Les résultats de matériel prélevé a la main placent actuellement la collecte de coquillages et la pêche pa…
Tehran Chic
Faces and Bodies
After Authors
This article explores the relationship between aspects of copyright law (as understood in France), copying as a practice employed or condemned by fashion designers (sometimes both at the same time), and the meaning that 'authorship' has for the political economy of fashion production. The empirical substance is the result of 18 months of research in the fashion industry in two locations: Paris and Tehran. Foucault's archaeological method applied …
Zooarchaeological study of the faunal remains from Techirghiol (Hamangia culture, Dobrogea, Romania)
Fauna analizată în cadrul acestui articol a mai făcut obiectul unui studiu publicat în anul 1962 (Necrasov Olga, Haimovici S., 1962). Unul din considerentele cele mai importante care ne-au făcut să reluăm studierea materialului faunistic de la Techirghiol este faptul ca acesta este din punct de vedere statistic (numeric şi biometric) la acelaşi nivel cu cel de la Cheia (judeţul Constanţa). De asemenea un alt obiectiv extrem de important al studiu…
Haute Couture in Tehran
This article sketches a map of the formation of taste in Iran and the circulation of desire across class and geographic borders. Focusing on haute couture production in Tehran, it focuses on the careers of two designers. Discussing their sources of inspiration and the expectations of their clients, it illustrates different understandings of fashion in the city. Ideas about modernity, tradition, and the West are reworked according to the aesthetic…
L’alimentation d’origine animale dans le site fortifié de Boulancourt «Le Châtelet» (Seine-et-Marne, Bronze final IIIb)
The site of “Le Chatelet” at Boulancourt (Seine-et-Marne, France), located on the western edge of the plateau of Gâtinais Beauceron, is a fortified hill settlement occupied at the end of the Late Bronze Age IIIb. It has produced more than 33,000 faunal remains of which almost 8000 have been determined. The archaeological complexes which furnished the material are mostly pits and large and shallow ditches (pits F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, …
La faune du Bronze final IIIb du site fortifié de Boulancourt « le Châtelet » (Seine-et-Marne)
The site of “ Le Chatelet” at Boulancourt (Seine-et-Marne, France), located on the western edge of the Gâtinais Beauceron plateau, is a fortified hill settlement occupied at the end of the Late Bronze Age IIIb. It has produced more than 33000 faunal remains of which almost 8000 have been determined. The archaeological complexes which supplied the material are mostly pits and large and shallow ditches (pits F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10,…
Ritual depositions of Sus domesticus from Poduri – Dealul Ghindaru (Cucuteni culture, Bacău County, Romania)
Les dépôts rituels de Sus domesticus trouvés à Poduri-Dealul Ghindaru (culture Cucuteni, département Bac u, Roumanie). Sur le site de Poduri (département Bac u, Roumanie), l’étude archéozoologique a mis en évidence le dépôt intentionnel de deux individus juvéniles de porc (Sus domesticus) quasiment complets (S1 et S2) sous une habitation attribuée à la phase A2 de la culture Cucuteni. Ces deux suinés auraient en outre été déposés dans deux fosses…
Production animale et économie de subsistance au Néolithique dans la plaine de l'Ararat (Arménie)
Animal production and Neolithic subsistence economy in the plain of Ararat (Armenia) This contribution presents a preliminary comparative analysis of the archaeozoological data from two Neolithic sites in the plain of Ararat in Armenia : Aratashen and Khatunarkh-Aknashen, occupied during the 6th millennium B. C. The Neolithic period is poorly known in Armenia from the point of view of subsistence modes. The comparison of the results of the studie…
Ağri Ovasi, Ermeni̇stan Kesi̇mi̇nde Neoli̇ti̇k Bi̇r Yerleşi̇m Aknashen Khatunarkh
This paper presents the preliminary results of the excavations (2004-2009) of Aknashen-Khatunarkh, a Neolithic site in the plain of Ararat. More than 300 m 2 has been excavated of this tell, which is about 100 m in diameter and 3,5 m in height. The cultural layer, more than 4 m thick, was subdivided preliminarily into five horizons, the upper one (I) belonging to the Early Chalcolithic and the others (II-V) to the Late Neolithic. A series of 1…
Studiul arheozoologic al unui complex medieval de la Oraşul de Floci
The fauna examined comes from archaeological complex C5 (pit) dated as belonging to the medieval period in the beginning ofthe XVI th century. We identified several classes of animals: fish (6 bones), birds (3), and mammals (371). Zooarchaeology analysis shows that the activity of animal breeding is dominant. The domesticated cattle are the most frequently encountered species, which are followed by the ovicaprines and the pigs. Hunting is poorly …
New insights into the invasive process of the eastern house mouse ( Mus musculus musculus )
The house mouse invasion of the European continent has crucial implications for our understanding of the synanthropization process of European small mammals during the Holocene. Mice remains collected from a Chalcolithic burnt house in southern Romania, provided a unique opportunity to document which of the two house mouse subspecies was the commensal taxa of the late Neolithic Romania and question the factors of its invasive process. To obtain t…
Exploatarea animalelor din staţiunea Sântana de Mureş de la Negrileşti (judeţul Galaţi)
La faune etudie dans cet article est datee comme appartenant a la culture Sântana de Mureş. Le materiei se constitue dans un echantillon representatif pour caracteriser la paleoeconomie animale de la communaute humaine de Negrileşti (dep. de Galaţi). L'elevage a le poids le plus important dans lequel Ies bovins sont Ies plus exploitees. Ils sont suivis par Ies caprines et Ies suides comme nombre de restes. Comme nombre minimal d'individus leur or…
Holocene subfossil records of the auroch ( Bos primigenius ) in Romania
This paper reviews identification of the auroch ( Bos primigenius) during the Holocene in Romania based on data from 190 archaeological sites, corresponding to Neolithic (including Chalcolithic), Bronze Age, Iron Age, Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The assemblages were analysed according to the geographical and historical regionalisation of the Romanian territory (i.e. Moldavia, Dobrudja, Wallachia, Banat, and Transylvania). The data reveal the r…
What's behind the tell phenomenon? An archaeozoological approach of Eneolithic sites in Romania
(Studiul faunei din epoca romană de la Ostrov, Punctul Ferma 4, jud. Constanța Durostorum)
L'etude de la faune issue du site romain Ostrov (Durostorum) indique que l'elevage etait preponderant. Les bovins dominent le spectre de faune, que l'on considere le nombre de restes ou le nombre d'individus ; ils sont suivis par Ies caprines et le porc. Le cheval etait egalement consomme. L'analyse des âges d'abattage pour Ies principales especes montre que Ies bovins et Ies caprines etaient eleves principalement pour Ies produits secondaires, l…
Beavers ( Castor fiber ) in the Past
Archaeological beaver ( Castor fiber ) remains from Romanian sites dating from the Mesolithic to the Middle Ages are described in terms of their frequencies (based on the number of identified specimens), morphology and size. A summary of previous archaeozoological studies in the geographical and historical regionalization of the Romanian territory (i.e. Banat, Dobrudja, Moldavia, Muntenia, Oltenia and Transylvania) shows that temporal and regiona…
Seasonality and season of birth in early Eneolithic sheep from Cheia (Romania)
Early herding at Măgura-Boldul lui Moş Ivănuş (early sixth millennium BC, Romania)
Stable isotope analyses were conducted on faunal remains from the site of Măgura-Boldul lui Moş Ivănuş with the objective of characterizing the environments and seasonality of husbandry in the earliest Neolithic (Gura Baciului-Cârcea/Starčevo-Criş I) of southern Romania. Results from bone collagen analysis indicate extensive herding strategies for cattle and pigs. However, sequential analysis in tooth enamel also provides evidence for winter leaf…
The Upper Palaeolithic site of Kalavan 1 (Armenia)
Sophisticated cattle dairy husbandry at Borduşani-Popină (Romania, fifth millennium BC)
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Şantierul arheologic Borduşani-Popină, jud. Ialomiţa (2012–2014)
Colectivul de cercetare ce a întreprins studiile arheologice de pe teii-ul de la Borduşani (jud. Ialomiţa) în perioada anilor 2012-2014 şi-a propus nu numai să contribuie la mai buna cunoaştere a evoluţiei locuirilor umane din perioada eneoliticului (în principal cultura Gumelniţa), de aici ci şi la cunoaşterea dinamicii locuirilor umane în zona înconjurătoare, caracterul acestora şi tipul de gestiune a resurselor din perspectiva unei abordări pl…
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