Another facet of man – Red deer relationship in prehistory: Antler exploitation at the Eneolithic settlement at Hârșova-tell (Constanţa County, Romania)

The significant quantity of antlers identified in the Gumelniţa A2 level in different stages of processing, from finished objects to consumed debitage waste, motivated us to try to reconstruct the management of the modalities of this raw material, of the processing techniques used and activities developed with the help of antler tools. In other words, the series of antler-made tools presents an important evidence of the activity of the Hârsova-tell community. The mentioned series reunites all the conditions for achieving such a study: the numerical importance of the remains, the good conservation stage – which allows for the identification of technological and functional traces – the variety of types of pieces etc.V plasti Gumelnita A2 prepoznana večja količina rogovja v različnih stopnjah obdelave od končnih izdelkov do odpada nas je usmerila v poskus rekonstrukcije nadzora nad modaliteto te surovine, uporabljenih tehnik obdelave in razvoja dejavnosti, ki ga omogočajo rožena orodja. Povedano drugače, serija orodij, izdelanih iz rogovja, predstavlja pomemben dokaz dejavnosti skupnosti naselbine tipa tell Hârsova. Omenjena serija ima vse pogoje za izvedbo takšne študije: kvantifikacijski pomen ostankov in dobra ohranjenost najdb – kar omogoča prepoznavanje tehnoloških in uporabnih sledi, tipološka raznolikost itn

Wild, domestic and feral? Investigating the status of suids in the Romanian Gumelnita (5th mil. cal BC) with biogeochemistry and geometric morphometrics

International audienceIn south-eastern Romania, a prominent place was given to pigs in the Gumelniţa culture (Late Chalcolithic, second half of 5th millennium BC); as was the highly prized wild boar, one of a variety of species targeted for hunting. The wild boars’ ecological niche and the scale of pig husbandry were investigated during a stable isotope study of the Gumelniţa A2 occupations at Borduşani-Popină, Hârşova-tell and Vităneşti-Măgurice. Results from the bone collagen δ15N and δ13C analysis suggested that the wild boars did not inhabit dense forests, in any of these locations. The emerging picture is of small-scale pig husbandry involving household management: pigs being fed leftovers and/or by-products of human activities. At Vităneşti, previous work involving geometric morphometrics on suid molars evidenced, besides the two expected groups of small domestic pigs and large specimens with wild molar shape (i.e. wild boar), the presence of specimens with large size and domestic shape molars, whose relationship with the human community was unclear. Results from the combined geometric morphometric and stable isotope analyses, suggested that the large specimens with domestic molar shape lived in close proximity to the wild ecosystem. They were probably not part of the domestic stock, but belonged to a feral population and were acquired through hunting

CT evaluation of HU bone density of the vertebrae in dogs with spine compression

Bone mineral density (BMD) is defined as the mineral concentration in bone. BMD is directly related to bone strength and is a useful predictor of osteoporotic fracture; it is therefore used to diagnose and monitor osteoporosis in humans. The purpose of this study was to evaluate if there are changes in the adjacent vertebral body (cranial and caudal) consistency in case of disk protrusion or IVDD. The result show changes of the HU of the vertebral body of the vertebrae situated cranial and caudal of the protrusion site, but there is no statistical correlation between the disk protrusion or IVDD and those changes

Unravelling the complexity of domestication:A case study using morphometrics and ancient DNA analyses of archaeological pigs from Romania

Funding statement. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/F003382/1) and the Leverhulme Trust (F/00 128/AX) Acknowledgements. Archaeozoological analyses conducted by A. Ba˘la˘s¸escu were supported by three grants from the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS UEFISCDI (PN-II-RU-TE-20113-0146, PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0982 and PN-IIID-PCE-2011-3-1015). We thank the archeologists Ca˘ta˘lin Bem, Alexandru Dragoman, Valentin Dumitras¸cu, Laura Dietrich, Raluca Koga˘lniceanu, Cristian Micu, Sta˘nica Pandrea, Valentin Parnic, George Trohani, Valentina Voinea for the material they generously provided. We thank the many institutions and individuals that provided sample material and access to collections, especially the curators of the Museum fu¨r Naturkunde, Berlin; Muse´um National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Muse´um d’Histoire Naturelle, Gene`ve; Museum fu¨r Haustierkunde, Halle; National Museum of Natural History, Washington; The Field Museum, Chicago and The American Museum of Natural History, New York; The Naturhistorisches Museum, BernPeer reviewedPublisher PD

Exchanges during the Eneolithic Period. Case study of the Cucuteni Culture

Popovici Dragomir. Exchanges during the Eneolithic Period. Case study of the Cucuteni Culture. In: Annales d'Université "Valahia" Târgovişte. Section d'Archéologie et d'Histoire, Tome 2-3, 2000. pp. 88-100

Observations about the cucutenian (Phase A) communities behavior regarding the human body I

Popovici Dragomir. Observations about the cucutenian (Phase A) communities behavior regarding the human body I. In: Annales d'Université "Valahia" Târgovişte. Section d'Archéologie et d'Histoire, Tome 1, 1999. pp. 25-38

Marin Cârciumaru at 60

Popovici Dragomir, Anghelinu Mircea. Marin Cârciumaru at 60. In: Annales d'Université "Valahia" Târgovişte. Section d'Archéologie et d'Histoire, Tome 2-3, 2000. pp. 8-9

L’exploitation du bois dans l’habitat énéolithique de Bordușani-Popină (dép. de Ialomiţa)

Abstract : Antler exploitation in the eneolithic site of Bordu ani-Popin (Ialomi a County). The significant quantity of antlers, in different processing stages, from finite pieces to useless chopping remains helps us reconstruct the ways this matter was used, the processing techniques, and the activities carried out using antler tools. The series of horn-made tools is a privileged testimony concerning the activity of the prehistoric men. It is made up of a large variety of objects of domestic use, involved in most of the daily activities : for providing food (hunting and fishing) or in skin, vegetal material, stone or bone processing.Mărgărit Monica, Popovici Dragomir, Vlad Florin. L’exploitation du bois dans l’habitat énéolithique de Bordușani-Popină (dép. de Ialomiţa). In: Annales d'Université "Valahia" Târgovişte. Section d'Archéologie et d'Histoire, Tome 11, Numéro 1, 2009. pp. 53-67

Spectrographic analysis of neo-eneolithic obsidian samples and several considerations about the obsidian supply sources

Cârciumaru Marin, Popovici Dragomir, Cosac Marian, Dincã Rodica. Spectrographic analysis of neo-eneolithic obsidian samples and several considerations about the obsidian supply sources. In: Annales d'Université "Valahia" Târgovişte. Section d'Archéologie et d'Histoire, Tome 2-3, 2000. pp. 117-127

Phase and chemical composition analysis of pigments used in Cucuteni Neolithic painted ceramics

Two analytical methods – 241Am-based X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Diffraction (SR-XRD) – were used to investigate the elemental and mineralogical composition of pigments which decorate some Cucuteni Neolithic ceramic sherds. Local hematite and local calcite were the main components for red and white pigments, respectively. For black pigments, iron oxides (e.g. magnetite) were used. They were often mixed with manganese oxides (e.g. jacobsite), which originated from Iacobeni manganese minerals deposits on the Bistrita River. Taking into account the results of the experiments, several conclusions regarding manufacturing procedures employed, and potential trade routes during the Neolithic were drawn.Za določanje elementarne in mineraloške sestave pigmentov, s katerimi so okrašene nekatere keramične posode kulture Cucuteni, sta bili uporabljeni dve analitski metodi – 241Am X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) in Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Diffraction (SR-XRD). Lokalni hematit in kalcit sta bila glavni komponenti rdečih oziroma belih pigmentov. Za črne pigmente so uporabljali železove okside (magnetit). Pogosto so jih zmešali z manganovimi oksidi (jakobsitom), ki izvirajo iz Iacobeni manganovih mineralnih depozitov reke Bistrita. Če upoštevamo rezultate poizkusov, lahko potegnemo več zaključkov o uporabljenih proizvodnih postopkih in o možnih trgovskih poteh v času neolitika