Aurel Zanoci, E. Kaiser, M. Kashuba, E. Izbitser, M. Băţ (eds.) Tyragetia International I, Mensch, Kultur und Gesellschaft von der Kupferzeit bis zur Frühen Eisenzeit im Nördlichen Eurasien, Beiträge zu ehren zum 60. Geburtstag von Eugen Sava, 2016
The story of the discovery of an artefact may have several sides. In what follows I will relate w... more The story of the discovery of an artefact may have several sides. In what follows I will relate what I looked for and what I have found. In an archaeological investigation of the late 1990s I have tried to identify a new archaeological site belonging to the Noua culture (Late Bronze Age). The first data about the existence of such a site came from some research carried out by George Dumitroaia and the undersigned in the central-eastern area of the Cracău-Bistriţa basin in the spring of 1992. There followed several campaigns of excavations with diverse and interesting results. In a recent “off ice excavation” I have found the last unpublished artefact. Further on, I will be talking about it.
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environment and the archaeological materiality, the chance of realizing a narrative is getting closer to the purpose of the research proposed by each of us. At the same time, field archaeology is an open laboratory
for the gradual integration of the students for assessing data about the cultural and natural heritage of an area. In the following paper we will present some of the objectives proposed by the authors aim to, which led to the identification of new sites with a consistent materiality and which could draw attention to the need to include these heritage sources in local histories.
Rezumat: Investigarea de suprafață aduce informații noi despre modele de ocupare a spațiului precum și despre patrimoniul arheologic nereperat. Dacă etapa de teren va fi urmată de analiza mediului și a materialității arheologice, șansa realizării unei narațiuni este tot mai apropiată de scopul cercetării propus de fiecare dintre noi. În același timp, cercetarea arheologică de suprafață reprezintă un laborator deschis de integrare treptată a studenților în cunoașterea etapelor evaluării cunoștințelor despre patrimoniul cultural și natural al unei zone. În cele ce urmează vom dezvolta câteva dintre obiectivele pe care și le-au propus autorii contribuției de față, care au dus la identificarea unor situri noi, cu o încărcătură materială consistentă și care ar putea atrage atenția asupra necesității includerii acestor surse patrimoniale în istoriile locale
Due to local development works, an archaeological investigation project was started in eastern Romania, north of Popeni village, Găgeşti commune, Vaslui County (46°22'9.01"N and 27°58'48.73"E, GPS). The site is located at the western extension of the Early Bronze Age Yamnaya burial barrow groups that are still visible in today`s landscape. During the excavations, the western half of a tumulus was discovered and partially explored, this mound had not previously been mentioned by the archaeological monographs dedicated to the area under study.
further archeological research. The Late Bronze Age, defined for the first time
in the area under study based on the data achieved through the investigation of
two important sites, Corlăteni and Trușesti, experienced untimely interest
stages. The gradual remodeling of the archaeological speech, the new questions
that were released have determined us to turn our attention to the Middle basin
of the Corogea River, a right side tributary of the Middle Prut. In this context
they were conducted field observations, were made archaeological verification
and new sites were discovered assigned to the Late Bronze Age. Participants at
this activity, doctoral and master candidates of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza
University of Iași, had the opportunity to put into practice some of the
theoretical issues acquired during the specialized teaching modules too.
environment and the archaeological materiality, the chance of realizing a narrative is getting closer to the purpose of the research proposed by each of us. At the same time, field archaeology is an open laboratory
for the gradual integration of the students for assessing data about the cultural and natural heritage of an area. In the following paper we will present some of the objectives proposed by the authors aim to, which led to the identification of new sites with a consistent materiality and which could draw attention to the need to include these heritage sources in local histories.
Rezumat: Investigarea de suprafață aduce informații noi despre modele de ocupare a spațiului precum și despre patrimoniul arheologic nereperat. Dacă etapa de teren va fi urmată de analiza mediului și a materialității arheologice, șansa realizării unei narațiuni este tot mai apropiată de scopul cercetării propus de fiecare dintre noi. În același timp, cercetarea arheologică de suprafață reprezintă un laborator deschis de integrare treptată a studenților în cunoașterea etapelor evaluării cunoștințelor despre patrimoniul cultural și natural al unei zone. În cele ce urmează vom dezvolta câteva dintre obiectivele pe care și le-au propus autorii contribuției de față, care au dus la identificarea unor situri noi, cu o încărcătură materială consistentă și care ar putea atrage atenția asupra necesității includerii acestor surse patrimoniale în istoriile locale
Due to local development works, an archaeological investigation project was started in eastern Romania, north of Popeni village, Găgeşti commune, Vaslui County (46°22'9.01"N and 27°58'48.73"E, GPS). The site is located at the western extension of the Early Bronze Age Yamnaya burial barrow groups that are still visible in today`s landscape. During the excavations, the western half of a tumulus was discovered and partially explored, this mound had not previously been mentioned by the archaeological monographs dedicated to the area under study.
further archeological research. The Late Bronze Age, defined for the first time
in the area under study based on the data achieved through the investigation of
two important sites, Corlăteni and Trușesti, experienced untimely interest
stages. The gradual remodeling of the archaeological speech, the new questions
that were released have determined us to turn our attention to the Middle basin
of the Corogea River, a right side tributary of the Middle Prut. In this context
they were conducted field observations, were made archaeological verification
and new sites were discovered assigned to the Late Bronze Age. Participants at
this activity, doctoral and master candidates of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza
University of Iași, had the opportunity to put into practice some of the
theoretical issues acquired during the specialized teaching modules too.
From the diatopic and diachronic perspective, common salt—with all its natural or artificial metamorphoses—has influenced humanity in the most diverse aspects. This is why, within a brief enumeration, the salt-related research themes are intriguingly various: explorations (hunting for salt), exploitation techniques, techniques to obtain different products, exploitation and use tools, transport and storage containers, human and animal feeding, conservation (meat, bacon, cheese, vegetables, green goods, fruits). The themes also include manufacture-related uses (including the construction of salt houses), mythology, religion, cult, rituals, beliefs, superstitions, mentalities, secret societies, magic, vows, curses, prohibitions, popular medicine, sexuality, economy, hide working, population, alchemical procedures, scientific and cultural representations, treatment of the deceased, barter, commerce, contraband, robbery.
On the other hand, the themes also include human and animal mobility, the attraction exerted on savage beasts, symbolic uses, folk literature (stories, tales, and proverbs) and cult literature, the control of salt resources, conflicts, strategic value, geographic perceptions, professions related to salt exploitation and uses, economic, legal and administrative regulations, vocabulary, toponymy, anthroponomy and the list can go on.
All these themes already constitute a study object for an impressive number of sciences, disciplines, or sub-disciplines, such as archaeology, heritage studies, history, ethnography, ethnoarchaeology, economic anthropology, food sciences, statistics, sociology, geology, mineralogy, geography, hydrology, botany, chemistry, medicine, pharmacology, ethology, theology, agronomy, symbology, linguistics, folklore studies, cultural studies, literary studies, hermeneutics, legal sciences, etc. Obviously, some themes must be approached only in an interdisciplinary vision.