New Data on the Cultural Horizon of Early Neolithic Polychrome Pottery in Transylvania. The 432a Complex From the Limba-Oarda De Jos- Site (Alba County)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21245138 |
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| Authors | Marius-Mihai Ciută (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, corresponding author), Anamaria Tudorie (0000-0003-4426-8810, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ancient History and Archeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2360-266X • E-ISSN: 2360-266X |
| Publisher | Institute of Archaeology and Art History (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14795/j.v11i4.1141 |
| OpenAlex | W4408121014 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Starting from the premise of its highly strategic position as a major intersection of several natural communication routes linking large geographic units (Transylvania, Banat, Oltenia, Muntenia), the present study addresses issues arising from the re-evaluation of older painted materials discovered within the early Neolithic deposits at the Limba-Oarda de Jos site, alongside the analysis of other materials uncovered during recent excavations carried out in the course of constructing the A10 Sebeș-Turda Highway (2016–2017). What in 2002, at the time of publishing the initial early Neolithic surface dwelling (Starčevo-Criș IIIB), appeared to be merely a working hypothesis regarding the Limba site’s location and significance within the development of Neolithic cultures in the Mureș Valley, has since become much more evident. This has occurred through the scientific analysis of other contemporary habitation complexes. Thus, a series of materials presented now, belonging to the so called polychrome painted pottery cultural horizon, revealed through the thorough analysis of complexes in the Bordane sector during the 2016 excavation campaign, support a possible historical reality: that within this area, we might document evidence of cohabitation between Starčevo-Criș communities - which had strong connections with regions south of the Carpathians - and the Vinča communities, newly arrived from the west along the Mureș Valley
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Geography · Horizon · Polychrome · Pottery · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · History · Mathematics · Mineralogy and Gemology Studies · Philosophy, Health, and Society
| Highly cited | No |
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