Beyond cemeteries – excavation of a settlement of Poieneşti-Lucaşeuca Culture in Ivancea, Republic of Moldova
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Michael Meyer
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Octavian Munteanu
Summary
The Poieneşti-Lucaşeuca-culture (late 3rd to second half of the 1st century BC), which is distributed in the forest steppe between the east Carpathian Mountains and the river Dniestr, is seen as the result of an immigration of groups from the Jastorf area in North-East Germany. This concept is based on cemeteries: both the form of the grave4s and their material culture (ceramics, jewellery, costume) are foreign in the area, but show clear connections to the North and the North-West. Up to now large settlement excavations are missing that would allow for an evaluation of that concept based on settlement and economic structures as well as on the material culture of everyday life. The project that is presented here with first results, aims to that desideratum. With surveys and test excavations as a starting point on different sites in Central part of Republic of Moldova, the authors are excavating the Poieneşti-Lucaşeuca settlement of Ivancea-Sub Pădure on a large scale. The project is funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
The paper presents first results like different post buildings and pit dwellings, the spectrum of small finds and a selection of the numerous ceramics including greek imports, and discusses the connectivity that becomes visible. The post buildings have no regional parallels and seem to have the best parallels in the Northwest. In opposite to that the small finds show a broad entanglement especially to the south and West and thus contradict the evidence from the grave. Also, in opposite to the graves the settlement ceramics show clear regional traditions, bus also relations to the North and the Northeast.
Zusammenfassung
Die zwischen Karpatenbogen und Dnjestr verbreitete späteisenzeitliche Poieneşti-Lucaşeuca-Kultur (Ende 3. bis zweite Hälfte 1. Jhd. v. Chr.) wird mit einer Einwanderung von Gruppen aus dem Bereich der Jastorf-Kultur in Verbindung gebracht. Dieses Konzept wurde anhand von Gräberfeldern entwickelt, deren Grabform, Keramikspektrum und Tracht- und Schmuckbestandteile in der Region fremd sind, aber deutliche Bezüge in den Norden und Nordwesten aufweisen. Bislang fehlt es jedoch an größeren Siedlungsgrabungen, anhand derer dieses Bild mit Hilfe von Siedlungs- und Wirtschaftsformen sowie einer materiellen Alltagskultur überprüft werden könnte. Das hier mit ersten Ergebnissen vorgestellte Projekt zielt auf dieses Desiderat. Aufbauend auf Surveys und Sondagen auf verschiedenen Siedlungsplätzen in Zentral-Republik Moldau untersuchen die Autoren seit 2022 mit Unterstützung der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft in großem Umfang auf dem Fundplatz Ivancea-Sub Pădure eine Siedlung der Poieneşti-Lucaşeuca-Kultur.
Der Beitrag stellt erste Baubefunde (ebenerdige und schwach eingetiefte Häuser sowie Grubenhäuser), das Kleinfundspektrum sowie eine Auswahl der umfangreichen Keramikfunde einschließlich der importierten griechischen Keramik vor und diskutiert die jeweiligen Kontaktzonen, die sich in ihnen spiegeln. Die Pfostengebäude kennen keine regionalen Parallelen und weisen – in aller Vorsicht – nach Norden, während das Kleinfundspektrum – anders als in den Gräbern – ein breites Kontaktgeflecht vor allem nach Westen und Süden erkennen lässt. Die Keramik zeigt – ebenfalls im Gegensatz zu den Gräbern – klare einheimische Traditionen, aber auch Bezüge nach Norden und Nordwesten.
Dedicated to the memory of Mircea Babeş (1941–2023)
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- Searching for islands of happiness – LBK settlement at Cząstków Polski site XII, Czosnów Commune in Mazovia, Central Poland
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