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Brînzeni: A Multidisciplinary Study of an Upper Palaeolithic site in Moldova

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2018

P. Allsworth-Jones ,
I.A. Borziac ,
N.A. Chetraru ,
C.A.I. French  and
S.I. Medyanik
P. Allsworth-Jones*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 4ET.
I.A. Borziac
Affiliation:
formerly, Institute of Archaeology and Ancient History, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova, Chișinău.
N.A. Chetraru
Affiliation:
formerly, National Museum of the History of Moldova, Chișinău.
C.A.I. French
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3ER.
S.I. Medyanik
Affiliation:
formerly, Institute of Geography, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova, Chișinău.
*
Corresponding author: P. Allsworth-Jones Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Brînzeni cave occupies an important place in the Palaeolithic of Moldova. Its significance is reconsidered in the light of work carried out at the site in 1992–1993 and subsequently, and the opportunity is taken to bring together both published and previously unpublished reports about it, to shed light on its environmental history and archaeological characterisation. On current evidence, the principal occupation layer occupies a chronologically intermediate position between the Aurignacian and the Gravettian in the region, and the archaeological assemblage is certainly distinctive, although probably not ‘transitional’ in the sense previously claimed.

Résumé

Brînzeni: Etude pluridisciplinaire d’un site du paléolithique supérieur en Moldavie, de P. Allsworth-Jones, I.A. Borziac, N.A. Chetraru, C.A.I. French, et S.I. Medyanik

La grotte de Brînzeni occupe une place importante dans le paléolithique de la Moldavie. Sa signification est révisée à la lumière de travaux entrepris sur le site en 1992–93, et par la suite. Nous avons saisi l’occasion pour regrouper à la fois les rapports publiés sur ce sujet ainsi que d’autres non publiés afin d’ éclairer son histoire environnementale et sa caractérisation archéologique. Sur la foi des témoignages actuels, la couche principale d’occupation se situe dans une position chronologiquement intermédiaire entre l’Aurignacien et le Gravettien de la région et le faciès archéologique est assurément distinct, bien que probablement pas ‘transitionnel’ dans le sens où on l’avait revendiqué auparavant.

Zussamenfassung

Brînzeni: Eine multidisziplinäre Untersuchung eines spätpaläolithischen Fundplatzes in Moldawien, von P. Allsworth-Jones, I.A. Borziac, N.A. Chetraru, C.A.I. French und S.I. Medyanik

Die Höhle von Brînzeni hat einen wichtigen Stellenwert im Paläolithikum auf dem Gebiet Moldawiens. Ihre Bedeutung wird im Lichte der Arbeiten bewertet, die in den Jahren 1992–1993 und darüber hinaus an diesem Fundort durchgeführt wurden, und die Gelegenheit wird ergriffen sowohl publizierte als auch bislang unpublizierte Berichte hierzu zusammenzuführen, um Licht auf die Umweltgeschichte und die archäologische Ansprache von Brînzeni zu werfen. Auf Grundlage der bisherigen Daten nimmt der hauptsächliche Nutzungshorizont eine chronologische Zwischenstellung ein zwischen dem Aurignacien und dem Gravettien in dieser Region; das archäologische Inventar ist sicherlich eigenständig, wenn auch wahrscheinlich nicht von einem „Übergangscharakter“, wie er bisher angenommen wurde.

Resumen

Brînzeni: estudio multidisciplinar de un yacimiento del Paleolítico Superior en Moldavia, por P. Allsworth-Jones, I.A. Borziac, N.A. Chetraru, C.A.I. French, y S.I. Medyanik

La cueva de Brînzeni ocupa un lugar destacado en el Paleolítico de Moldavia. Se reconsidera su significancia a la luz de los trabajos llevados a cabo en el sitio entre los años 1992 y 1993 y subsecuentemente, y aprovechando la oportunidad para aunar tanto los informes publicados como los inéditos, se clarifican algunos aspectos sobre su historia ambiental y su caracterización arqueológica. Según la evidencia actual, el principal nivel de ocupación ocupa una posición cronológicamente intermedia entre el Auriñaciense y el Gravetiense en la región y su conjunto arqueológico es ciertamente distintivo, aunque probablemente no pueda ser considerado ‘transicional’ en el sentido enunciado anteriormente.

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Moldova‘transitional’ industriesradiocarbon datingstratigraphyenvironmental evidence
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 84 , December 2018 , pp. 41 - 76
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