In this article we would like to point out some issues related to a series of ceramic materials found in sites attributed to the Late Enolithic groups of Brînzeni and Gordinești in the Dniester-Prut interfluve. In terms of technology and stylistics in the case of pottery from the Brînzeni type sites and stylistics in the case of pottery from the Gordinești type sites, we can see some analogies in the cultural environment of the central European area. For the Brînzeni group the clearest analogies tend to be seen in eastern, southern and south-eastern areas of the Funnel Beaker culture, whereas for the Gordinești group this seems to be visible within the Złota culture in the Sandomierz Upland, Middle Vistula region. Another issue of our study concerns the chronological frames of these two groups. Analyses of the radiocarbon data series obtained so far allow us to make some careful corrections in the chronological scheme of the Late Eneolithic for eastern Europe. Both mentioned issues fit into socio-cultural relations in the East Carpathian area in the context of the cultural transformations in the second half of the 4th millennium BC.
Król D. 2019. Is it a long or short-duration phenomenon? Existence of Funnel Beaker culture societies in the Rzeszów Foothills in the context of the current set of radiocarbon dating models. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne 71, 41-63.In recent years, a considerable number of radiocarbon dates have been obtained from Funnel Beaker culture sites of various functions, located in the eastern part of the Rzeszów Foothills. In a group of a few dozen dates, there are some that suggest, on the basis of the probability distribution, that representatives of communities of this culture might have been present on the area ca. 3900-3800 BC. However, such dating may be disputable.Attempts in recent years to confront such early dates with contextual ceramic materials have not provided satisfactory answers to this question. This paper is focused on an assessment of the potential of absolute chronology determinations and their analytic values. After eliminating all questionable dates, statistic simulations of the chronology of the local Funnel Beaker culture have been made. The results obtained suggest that this phenomenon might have been more short-lived than so far believed.
Investigation into the construction of dwellings, their spatial arrangements, and the nearest surroundings is highly relevant in the field of study on functioning of archaeological phenomenona. During the recent years of excavation undertaken at the Gordineşti II-Stînca goală site, we revealed the remains of at least two dwellings and their economic surroundings that may be referred to on the whole as household clusters. In this paper, we would like to focus on one of them (dwelling no. 1). Our main goal is to present not only the key attributes of the dwelling, but also the results of the spatial analysis of features and artifacts found inside and outside of it. Based on that data, we can suggest that this dwelling consisted of two functionally-varied rooms. This inference seems to be also relevant in the broader sense; it can expand the general knowledge related to issues relating to the household clusters usage in the Eastern Carpathian area in the end of the 4th Millennium BC.
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