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Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi

ICEM, History and Archaeology, Faculty Member

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Address: Institutul de Cercetari Eco-Muzeale "Gavrila Simion", Str. Progresului, nr. 32, 820009, Tulcea, Romania

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Epoca Bronzului de-o parte și de alta a Carpaților. Studii în onoarea lui Tudor Soroceanu / The Bronze Age on both sides of the Carpathians. Studies in Honor of Tudor Soroceanu at 80 Years

by Victor Sava, Gogaltan Florin, Katócz Zoltán, Mistreanu Eugen, Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Tudor Mandache, Alexandra Gavan, Bejinariu Ioan, Sofia Bertea, and Ionut Marteniuc

Epoca Bronzului de-o parte și de alta a Carpaților. Studii în onoarea lui Tudor Soroceanu, 2024

Volumul de față reunește contribuțiile a 38 de specialiști preocupați de problematica epocii bron... more Volumul de față reunește contribuțiile a 38 de specialiști preocupați de problematica epocii bronzului de-o parte și de alta a Carpaților. El este dedicat lui Tudor Soroceanu, cu ocazia împlinirii vârstei de 80 de ani, ca un modest omagiu pentru moștenirea științifică și sufletească pe care ne-a lăsat-o.

This volume brings together the contributions of 38 scholars concerned with Bronze Age topics on both sides of the Carpathians. It is dedicated to Tudor Soroceanu, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, as a modest homage to the scientific and spiritual legacy he left us.

Fl. Gogâltan, C. Cordoș (ed.), Prehistoric settlements: social, economic and cultural aspects. Seven studies in the Carpathian area, Cluj Napoca, 2016

by Gogaltan Florin, Mircea Anghelinu, Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Cristina Cordos, Cristian Ioan Popa, Neculai Bolohan, and Ana Deac (Ignat)

Trăind cu morţii. Înmormântări în aşezări de la începutul epocii fierului între Balcani, Tisa şi Nistru / Living with the dead. Burials in EIA settlements between Balkans, Tisza and Dnistr

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

LIVING WITH THE DEAD. BURIALS IN EIA SETTLEMENTS BETWEEN THE BALKANS, TISZA AND DNESTR - ABSTRA... more LIVING WITH THE DEAD.
BURIALS IN EIA SETTLEMENTS BETWEEN THE BALKANS, TISZA AND DNESTR

- ABSTRACT -

PROBLEMATICS
Burials in settlements are a particular funerary phenomenon, documented worldwide, in different eras and contexts. Archaeologically speaking, burials consist of skeletons or parts of human skeletons, in or not anatomical position, deposited in disused habitat structures (pits, dwellings). Often labelled as “macabre” findings, “atypical” or “irregular” burials, this is undoubtedly a type of treatment of the human body after death.
As this practice is often documented at the same time with the existence of actual cemeteries, the hypotheses regarding the status of the individuals deposited in the settlements are numerous. Setting aside some of the exceptional findings – such as A and B grave circles from Mycenae, which prove the special social position of the buried individuals – the human bones found in domestic context were most of the times considered to be the result of human sacrifices or burials of persons of special status: slaves, war prisoners, heretics, pariahs, convicts, etc. On the other hand, we need to take into account the ethnographic sources indicating that human societies practised numerous and complex funerary rituals, some of them involving manipulations and treatments of the body starting from the time of death until final deposition.
In this context, we can ponder upon the nature of the social and ritual mechanisms that led to the separation or dissolution of the usual limits between the living and the dead.
Within this problematic, our project sets out to draw up a list of the cases of burials in early Hallstattan settlements spread between the Balkans, Dnestr and Tisza Rivers, to analyze the respective inventory and the identified ritual gestures, compare them with similar situations from other areas and eras and confront them, in the end, with historical documentation.
SPACE AND AGE
Early Iron Age (ca. 1200/1100 – 800/700 BC) is characterized by the emergence and dissemination of iron metallurgy. This technology that was born in eastern Anatolia and neighbouring areas (Armenia and Cilicia) spread rapidly from the end of 2nd millennium BC, but especially during the so-called Dark Ages in Greece. This period was much tormented in the Aegean-Anatolian area, as the Sea People rose while the Hittite Empire and the Mycenaean civilization fell.
In the northern Balkans, at the end of the 2nd millennium and beginning of the 1st millennium BC, classic cultural manifestations of the Middle and Late Bronze Age (Monteoru, Noua, Coslogeni, Suciu de Sus, Žuto-Brdo–Gârla Mare, Cruceni-Belegiš, Zimnicea-Plovdiv etc.) come to an end and new ones take shape. Despite the emergence of the first iron artefacts, this is the peak of bronze metallurgy and of the deposition of bronze artefacts in ritual contexts.
The area we’ve selected for the study of this category of findings corresponds to the dissemination of several early Hallstattan archaeological cultures with grooved pottery (Bistreţ-Işalniţa, Gáva-Holidrady, Chişinău-Corlăteni etc.), but also with stamped and incised pottery (Pšeničevo, Babadag, Insula Banului, Gornea-Kalakača, Belozerka, Cozia, Saharna-Solonceni), which are a variation of the funerary ritual . Nevertheles, in the entire area, in various proportions, probably due to the level of the investigations in the settlements, intramuros graves were also found.
STATE OF RESEARCH
Though the first such finds were uncovered since the 50’s, an analysis thereof is rather new archaeological endeavour in southern and Eastern Europe. The known publications so far mostly approach individual finds (e.g. Gomolava, Babadag, Niculiţel, Jurilovca–Orgame, Svilengrad, Saharna, Pusztataskony etc.). Syntheses on this topic are scarce and incomplete regarding the number of finds, area and method of investigation . Therefore an interdisciplinary approach over an extended area of various contemporaneous cultural manifestations may lead to the formation of a solid documentary base for an objective interpretation of this funerary practice.
CATALOGUE OF THE FINDS
We have catalogued the finds in the area between the Balkans, Dnestr and Tisza from 53 EIA sites (broadly 12th c.-8th c. BC) with 226 contexts for human bones from at least 512 individuals.
From the 53 catalogued sites, most of them (cat. no. 1, 3-6, 10, 14, 19, 21-22, 28-30, 33-35, 37, 45-46, 51-53) were ascribed to Gáva culture, most of the information concerning burials in settlements coming from rather recent finds in the intra-Carpathian region, up to Tisza River. Other such finds are concentrated at the Lower Danube, mostly ascribed to Babadag culture (cat. no. 2, 7-9, 11-12, 16-17, 24, 27, 31, 36, 38, 41, 43); in our opinion, the site at Tămăoani can be ascribed to Belozerka culture (cat. no. 48). The finds from Upper and Middle Dnestr were ascribed both to Saharna-Solonceni culture (cat. no. 15, 39-40) and Černoles culture (cat. no. 20, 23, 50); the finds at Ostrovul Corbului, Gomolava and Novi Sad were included in the areal of Kalakača culture, and the finds from Sava, Karanovo and Svilengrad are probably part of Pšeničevo culture. A special place among these finds is held by the settlement from Tărtăria, characterized by Basarabi-style decorated pottery.
Most human bones contexts in settlements were found in the area of Saharna-Solonceni culture, where the site at Hligeni alone provides 86 such contexts. However, this site can now be deemed an exception. More homogenous distribution is encountered at the Lower Danube in the sites ascribed to Babadag culture and in the intra-Carpathian region (Graphic 2).

Începuturile epocii fierului în Dobrogea. Cercetările arheologice de la Revărsarea, Isaccea, jud. Tulcea / The Beginning of Iron Age in Dobrudja. The Archaeological Research at Revărsarea, Isaccea, Tulcea County (pdf. internet version)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

Biblioteca Istro-Pontica. Seria Arheologie 8, 2013

Cristina AILINCĂI

Jijila–Cetăţuie. O aşezarea fortificată a culturii Babadag în nord-vestul Dobrogei / Jijila-Cetatuie. Un etablissement fortifie de la culture Babadag au nord-ouest de la Dobroudja (pdf. internet version)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi and Valeriu Sirbu

Inventarierea siturilor arheologice din judeţul Tulcea. Studiu de caz : mormintele tumulare (internet version pdf.)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Juganaru Gabriel, Aurel-Daniel STĂNICĂ, Florian Mihail, Cristian Micu, and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

Biblioteca Istro-Pontica. Seria Patrimonium 3, 2007

Coperta 1 şi 4: Morminte tumulare din judeţul Tulcea, foto -Valeriu Leonov Acest volum a fost tip... more Coperta 1 şi 4: Morminte tumulare din judeţul Tulcea, foto -Valeriu Leonov Acest volum a fost tipărit cu sprijinul financiar al DJCCPCN Tulcea, director executiv prof. Axenia Hogea DTP&Layout: ing. Carmen Simionescu Tipărit la SC INFCON SA -Constanţa -0241 580 527 Descrierea CIP a Bibliotecii Naţionale a României TOPOLEANU FLORIN INVENTARIEREA SITURILOR ARHEOLOGICE DIN JUDEŢUL TULCEA STUDIU DE CAZ: MORMINTELE TUMULARE / Florin Topoleanu, Gabriel Jugănaru, Cristian Micu -Constanţa: Ex Ponto, 2007 ISBN: 978-973-644-735-8 I. JUGĂNARU, GABRIEL II. MICU, CRISTIAN 94(498 Mormintele Tumulare) ISBN: 978-973-644-735-8 Corespondenţa, schimburile de carte şi comenzile se vor trimite la: The correspondence, the book exchange and the orders could be sent to: La correspondance, les échanges et toutes commandes seront envoyés au:

Edited volumes by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi

HERiPRENEURSHIP. Sustainable Tourism, Heritage Management and the Cultural and Creative Industries: Creating New Investment Opportunities at Places of Cultural Significance Proceedings of an International Conference Tulcea, June 8th-9th 2023

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, George Nutu, Alexandra-Clara Tarlea, and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

Biblioteca Istro-Pontica. Seria Patrimonium 11, 2023

Ukraine. The publication was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. Its co... more

Studii de arheologie și istorie antică în onoarea lui Victor Henrich Baumann cu ocazia celei de 80-a aniversări / Essays in Archaeology and Ancient History in Honor of Victor Henrich Baumann at his 80th anniversary

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, George Nutu, Cristian Micu, and Aurel-Daniel STĂNICĂ

Biblioteca Istro-Pontica. Seria Arheologie 21, 2021

Nu știu și nici nu pot să fac efortul de a înțelege clar de ce în Dobrogea excepționalitatea arhe... more Nu știu și nici nu pot să fac efortul de a înțelege clar de ce în Dobrogea excepționalitatea arheologică a fost și este mai frecventă decât în alte provincii ale României. Nu că n-aș avea la îndemână explicații de natură istorică și exemple numeroase care arată și-n alte zone descoperiri deosebite, cercetări de amploare, creșteri spectaculoase de colecții și conduc la elogii meritate pe seama calităților comunităților arheologice. Dar parcă, nu aidoma Dobrogei! Și mai ales, cazului Tulcea. În alte locuri, tradiții și instituții de tezaur cu vechime explică rezultatele merituoasechiar și în vecinătate, la Constanța, pe când la Tulcea, acestea s-au împlinit și se măsoară doar în câteva decenii. Explicații ar putea deriva din chiar ocazia fastă și onorantă de a-l elogia pe distinsul nostru coleg, Victor Baumann la împlinirea a 80 de ani. Parafrazând spusele unui mare învățat, vecin deal tulcenilor, Victor și micul grup profesional al ICEM aparțin oamenilor excepționali, el reprezentând o personalitate fondatoare 1. Adică acelor semeni rari de întâlnit și puțini ca număr, dăruiți cu viziune, cu capacitatea de anticipare, înțelegere și explicitare, dar și de interpretare, reconstituire credibilă și convingătoare. O fi contat, și în cazul său, calitatea confreriei coagulată de Gavrilă Simion-unul și unul, una și una!-dar mai ales calitățile personale. Nu ne îndoim de acestea! S-or fi adăugat, nevăzute energii creatoare, tradiția reieșită din căutările și prezentările avântate ale predecesorilor: Constantin Moisil, Raymund Netzhammer, ca și genialele deschideri făcute de Vasile Pârvan. Nici aici nu rămâne vreo îndoială! Evaluate, însă toate acestea întăresc afirmația pe seama excepționalității. În seria universitară (1964) de la Facultatea de Istorie a Universității bucureștene-când Victor și-a încheiat studiile-s-au regăsit mai mulți tineri, care ulterior au dovedit calități profesionale spectaculoase: Paul Rezeanu, Ofelia Văduva, Florin Costinescu, Florian Tănăsescu, Cornel Almășan, Ion Calafeteanu, Marcel Popa și alți câțiva. Dintre toți, doar doi au onorat domeniul arheologiei: Mircea Babeș și Victor Baumann. Fiecare a urcat în ierarhia profesiei, remarcându-se prin lucrări științifice de referință și descoperiri excepționale. Dacă primul, strălucit cercetător și săpător, a beneficiat de la începutul carierei de un climat academic și de mijloace documentare-confirmând rapid valoarea sa profesională, celălalt a evoluat într-un loc lipsit de asemenea avantaje; la Tulcea, în modestul Muzeu al Deltei Dunării unde toate au trebuit să fie făcute: grup de lucru, program și metode, documentare și bibliotecă, patrimoniu și expoziție de bază, relații profesionale ... De la început! Norocul l-a favorizat pe Victor Baumann, oferindu-i ocazia de a-și afirma calitățile prin contribuții directe la săpături complexe, la constituirea colecțiilor, la periegheze și 1 Băncilă 1997. 10 Ioan OPRIȘ repertoriere, editarea și publicarea rezultatelor (la timp și nu în concurență cu confrați titrați), dar mai ales la muzeologizarea descoperirilor. Spirit ordonat și organizat, cu o voință de afirmare superioară, echilibrată, colegul și prietenul nostru a beneficiat de un spațiu arheologic generos, în cea mai mare parte doar semnalat și nu săpat sistematic, cu un mare potențial științific și cultural. Mijloacele financiare destinate săpăturilor și valorificării rezultatelor acestora n-au lipsit, Cancelarul Gavrilă Simion fiind garant sigur. Garant și ascultat de autorități înțelegătoare pe seama serviciilor benefice și sigure pe care le asigurau cei din muzeu, autorităților. Dacă în Occidentul european tradiția arheologică a debutat prin măsurile de protecție stabilite prin Proclamația regală suedeză (1666)-incluzând vestigii și inscripții-, în cazul României, acestea au întârziat, abia sub domnia lui Alexandru Ioan Cuza înfiripându-se un început de inventariere și, prin lege, formându-se instituția responsabilă: Muzeul Național de Antichități (1864). Acestea au fost lărgite și sistematizate, la inițiativa lui Grigore Tocilescu (1892-1893) și cu sprijinul direct al regelui Carol I. Consolidate treptat, cu tendințe de modernizare prin aportul lui Vasile Pârvan, și a unei pleiade de învățați, începând cu 1919 domeniile arheologiei și conservării-restaurării au intrat în atenția autorităților, menținânduse însă numeroase restanțe și decalaje față de nivelul practicii occidentale 2. Pentru România, o reală politică de cercetare și valorificare plenară a patrimoniului istoric construit-implicit a celui arheologic-s-a impus abia începând din anii '50 ai veacului XX. Grupul minuscul organizat de Gavrilă Simion-de muzeografi și conservatori-l-a inclus și pe Victor Baumann, atras irezistibil de arheologie, domeniu căruia-i rămăsese fidel încă din anii studenției. Modelele de atunci: Constantin Daicoviciu și învățații clujeni (I.

Objects, Ideas and Travelers. Contacts between the Balkans, the Aegean and Western Anatolia during the Bronze and Early Iron Age, Volume to the Memory of Alexandru Vulpe. Proceedings of the Conference in Tulcea

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Joseph Maran, Radu Bajenaru, Anca-Diana Popescu, and Svend Hansen

Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie, Band 350, 2020

For more than 150 years, the prehistoric civilizations of the East Mediterranean have fascinated... more For more than 150 years, the prehistoric civilizations of the East Mediterranean have fascinated and attracted numerous scholars interested both in the various manifestations of the respective social order within this geographical zone, and by the role and impact these civilizations may have had on the neighbouring regions.
As one would expect, our knowledge is growing continuously, triggered by new archaeological research, the progress of interdisciplinary investigations of archaeological science, and the diversification of theoretical approaches interpreting material culture from an anthropological perspective. The speed of these accumulations is increasing rapidly, while the number of studies and the variety and complexity of the themes is also continuously growing. That is why the periodic organization of conferences on welldefined themes and the publication of the respective volumes are absolutely necessary, not only in order to be able to integrate the new data into the broader picture, but also for the redefinition of the state of research within certain working areas and to show the experimental investigation of new research directions.
The present volume is the outcome of a conference with the same title organized at Tulcea, Romania, between the 10th and the 13th of November 2017, dedicated to the memory of Professor Alexandru Vulpe. Four prestigious institutions, two from Romania (the Gavrilă Simion Eco-Museum Research Institute, Tulcea and the Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology, Bucharest) and two from Germany (the Institut für und Frühgeschichte und Vorderasiatische Archäologie, Heidelberg and the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Eurasien Abteilung, Berlin), with the generous support of the Mayor’s Office in Tulcea, managed to bring together over 50 scholars, most of them friends, colleagues, collaborators, students or simply acquaintances of Professor Vulpe. The intention of the organizers was to provide a suitable environment for sharing opinions and experience, and for an open and positive discussion, to recognize the current state of research on the topic, and to establish stronger connections for future collaboration in this field.
Contacts among human communities from various cultural areas, the circulation of people, ideas and objects, or the identification of the main communication routes as well as their role in shaping prehistoric societies are likely to remain forever topics of intense discussion within archaeology. The relations between the Carpathian-Balkan area and the Aegean during the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age was one of the main themes of study for Alexandru Vulpe. As a supporter of the idea of Ex oriente lux, Vulpe always argued for the major role played by the Helladic civilization in the cultural development of the Carpathian Balkan area. The lectures delivered at the Tulcea conference and the papers published in the present volume highlight once again the complexity of these connections and the multitude of perspectives revealed when approaching such a theme.
Although the title of the volume indicates the main geographic areas in question, contributions from other cultural areas (i.e. Central Europe, the Middle Danube, Northern Pontic area, etc.), whose societies were in close contact with those of the Balkans, were also welcome. The four sections grouping the studies in the volume had not been established from the very beginning; they are the result of the subjects approached by the authors. Reading the papers attentively, one notices the diversity of the subjects and approaches and, in most cases, the novelty of the ideas expressed. We hope that the publication will provide research with a reference volume, opening new perspectives on the matters discussed. The present work is the result of the common effort of all authors, spanning a period of over three years. We wish to thank all contributors for their promptness and seriousness in answering our invitation to the volume, as well as for the openness and patience showed during the entire editing process. We are very much indebted to the Mayor’s Office of the community of Tulcea for the financial help and for the hospitality provided to the participants of the conference. Special thanks go to Douglas Fear (Heidelberg) for the careful language editing of the contributions to this volume.

Archaeological Structures from the Iron Age settlements in the Tisza-Dniester region. Proceedings of the Saharna Colloqium, July 12th-15th, 2018 / Structuri arheologice din așezările epocii fierului în spațiul tiso-nistrean. Materialele colloqium-ului de vară de la Saharna 12-15 iulie 2018

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Aurel Zanoci, Mihail Bat, Alexandra-Clara Tarlea, and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

Biblioteca Istro-Pontica. Seria Arheologie 18, 2019

Structuri arheologice din aşezările epocii fierului în spaţiul tiso-nistrean Archeological struct... more

Interdisciplinary research in Iron Age sites from the Tisa-Dniester area. Proceedings of Saharna Summer Colloquium July 13th -16th , 2017 / Cercetări interdisciplinare în siturile de epoca fierului din spațiul tiso-nistrean. Materialele colloqium-ului de vară de la Saharna: 13-16 iulie 2017

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Aurel Zanoci, Mihail Bat, Alexandra-Clara Tarlea, and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

Biblioteca Istro Pontica. Seria Arheologie 17, 2018

Cercetări interdisciplinare în siturile de epoca fierului din spaţiul tiso-nistrean Interdiscipli... more Cercetări interdisciplinare în siturile de epoca fierului din spaţiul tiso-nistrean Interdisciplinary research in Iron Age sites from the Tisa-Dniester area Materialele colloquium-ului de vară de la Saharna 13-16 iulie 2017 Cercetări interdisciplinare în siturile de epoca fierului din spaţiul tiso-nistrean Interdisciplinary research in Iron Age sites from the Tisa-Dniester area Materialele colloquium-ului de vară de la Saharna 13-16 iulie 2017 Cercetări interdisciplinare în siturile de epoca fierului din spaţiul tiso-nistrean Interdisciplinary research in Iron Age sites from the Tisa-Dniester area Materialele colloquium-ului de vară de la Saharna 13-16 iulie 2017

Omul, Fluviul si Marea. Studii de arheologie si istorie in onoarea lui Florin Topoleanu la a 65-a aniversare

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, George Nutu, Cristian Micu, and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

Biblioteca Istro-Pontica. Seria Arheologie 13, 2017

Omul, fluviul şi marea : studii de arheologie şi istorie în onoarea lui Florin Topoleanu la a 65-... more Omul, fluviul şi marea : studii de arheologie şi istorie în onoarea lui Florin Topoleanu la a 65-a aniversare / ed.: George Nuţu, Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Cristian Micu. -Cluj-Napoca : Mega, 2017 Conţine bibliografie ISBN 978-606-543-894-1 I. Nuţu, George (ed.) II. Ailincăi, Sorin Cristian (ed.) III. Micu, Cristian (ed.) 902 94 TABULA GRATULATORIA Adrian ADAMESCU (Galaţi) Sorin-Cristian AILINCĂI (Tulcea) Nicolae ALEXANDRU (Mangalia) Cristina-Georgeta ALEXANDRESCU (Bucureşti) Mircea ANGELESCU (Bucureşti) Dan APARASCHIVEI (Iași) Adrian ARDEȚ (Caransebeș) Radu ARDEVAN (Cluj-Napoca) Margareta ARSENESCU (Bucureşti) Martin AUER (Innsbruck) Alexandru AVRAM (Le Mans) Alexandru BARNEA (Bucureşti) Dan BASARAB-NANU (Galaţi) Dan BĂCUEȚ-CRIȘAN (Zalău) Sanda BĂCUEȚ-CRIȘAN (Zalău) Alexandru BĂDESCU (Bucureşti) Constantin BĂJENARU (Constanța) Maria BĂRBULESCU (Constanța) Mihai BĂRBULESCU (Cluj-Napoca) Iulian BÂRZESCU (Bucureşti) Ioan BEJINARIU (Zalău) Doina BENEA (Timișoara) George BILAVSCHI (Iași) Alexandra BIVOLARU (Paris) Ionuț BOCAN (București) Doru BOGDAN (Alba Iulia) Dorel BONDOC (Craiova) Valentin BOTTEZ (București) George BOUNEGRU (Alba Iulia) Octavian BOUNEGRU (Iași) Maurizio BUORA (Udine) Livia BUZOIANU (Constanța) Constantin CALOTOIU (Tg. Jiu) Cristian CĂLDĂRARU (Galaţi) Constantin CHERA (Constanța) Laurent CHRZANOVSKI (Geneva) Radu CIOBANU (Alba Iulia) Florin CIULAVU (Tulcea) Traian CLEANTE (Constanța) Sorin COCIŞ (Cluj-Napoca) Robert CONSTANTIN (Mangalia) Costin CROITORU (Brăila) Florin CURTA (Gainesvile) Gabriel CUSTUREA (Constanţa) Oana DAMIAN (București) Paul DAMIAN (București) Dan DEAC (Zalău) Adrian DOBOȘ (București) Traian DVORSKI (Bucarest) Piotr DYCZEK (Warsaw) Dan ELEFTERESCU (Călărași) Max FIEDERLING (Munich) Robert FRECER (Praga) Ştefan-Emilian GAMUREAC (București) Ştefan Viorel GEORGESCU (Hunedoara) Robert GHINDELE (Satu Mare) Petre GHERGHE (Craiova) Mihai GORGOI (București) Nicolae GUDEA (Cluj-Napoca) Ana HAMAT (Reșița) Puiu HAȘOTTI (Constanța) Ştefan HONCU (Iași) Constantin ICONOMU (Iași) Claudiu ILAȘ (Timișoara) Costel ILIE (Galați) Dan IONESCU (Constanța) Mihai IONESCU (Mangalia) Adrian IONIȚĂ (București) Ionel IONIȚĂ (București) Lăcrămioara-Elena ISTINA (Bacău) Gabriel JUGĂNARU (Tulcea) Stoica LASCU (Constanța) Martin LEMKE (Warsaw) Sabin Adrian LUCA (Sibiu) Vasilica LUNGU (București) Virgil LUNGU (Constanța) Alexandru MADGEARU (București) Tudor MANDACHE (Galați) Gheorghe MĂNUCU-ADAMEŞTEANU (București) Mihaela MĂNUCU-ADAMEȘTEANU (București) Monica MĂRGINEANU-CÂRSTOIU (București) Liviu MARTA (Satu Mare) Dana MIHAI (București) Alexander MINCHEV (Varna) Cristian MICU (Tulcea) Lucreţiu MIHĂILESCU-BÎRLIBA (Iași) Virgil MIHĂILESCU-BÎRLIBA (Iași) Elina MIRCHEVA (Varna) Ioana MUREȘAN (Tulcea) Lucian-Mircea MUREȘAN (Tulcea) Crişan MUŞEŢEANU (București) Marian NEAGU (Călărași) Decebal NEDU (Galați) Virgil Ștefan NIȚULESCU (București) George NUŢU (Tulcea) Ernest OBERLANDER-TÂRNOVEANU (București) Andrei OPAIȚ (Iaşi) Ioan OPRIȘ (București) Ioan Carol OPRIȘ (București) Radu OTA (Alba Iulia) Ghiorghe PAPUC (Constanța) Valentin PARNIC (Călărași) Adriana PANAITE (București) Bernd PÄFFGEN (Munich) Doina PĂULEANU (Constanța) Radu PETCU (Constanța) Tobias PFLEDERER (Kempten/Munich) Zeno PINTER (Sibiu) Ioan PISO (Cluj-Napoca) Adriana PESCARU (Deva) Dinu POP (Cluj-Napoca) Horea POP (Zalău) Simina RAFAILĂ-STANC (Iaşi) Simona REGEP (Timișoara) Elena RENŢA (Slobozia) Cristian ROMAN (Cluj-Napoca) Gheorghe ROMANESCU (Iaşi) Florin ROTARU (Paris) Viorica RUSU-BOLINDEȚ (Cluj-Napoca) Cristian SCHUSTER (București) Valeriu SÎRBU (Brăila) Irina SODOLEANU (Constanța) Aurel-Daniel STĂNICĂ (Tulcea) Gabriel TALMAȚCHI (Constanța) Karolina TRUSZ (Warsaw) Dumitru ȚEICU (Reșița) Dan VASILESCU (Constanța) Cristian VIRAG (Satu Mare) Iulian VIZAUER (Tulcea) Florin VLAD (Slobozia) Valerii YOTOV (Varna) Mihail ZAHARIADE (București)

Settlements of Life and Death. Studies from Prehistory to Middle Ages. Proceedings of an International Colloqium, Tulcea, 25th-28th of May 2016

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Gogaltan Florin, and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

Biblioteca Istro-Pontica. Seria Arheologie 2016, 2016

Omagiu lui Gavrila Simion la a 80-a aniversare (internet version pdf.)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

The volume contains over 30 scientific studies dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the professor... more

Din preistoria Dunării de Jos. 50 de ani de la începutul cercetărilor arheologice la Babadag (1962-2012) - Actele conferinţei „Lower Danube Prehistory. 50 years of excavations at Babadag”, Tulcea, 20-22 septembrie 2012 (pdf. internet version)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Alexandra-Clara Tarlea, and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

Biblioteca Istro-Pontica. Seria Arheologie 9, 2013

Editori / Editors: Sorin-Cristian AILINCĂI, Alexandra-Clara ȚÂRLEA, Cristian MICU Tehnoredactare ... more Editori / Editors: Sorin-Cristian AILINCĂI, Alexandra-Clara ȚÂRLEA, Cristian MICU Tehnoredactare / Computer graphics: Camelia KAIM Toate lucrările publicate au fost recenzate de specialişti în domeniu This is a peer-reviewed volume Descrierea CIP a Bibliotecii Naționale a României DIN PREISTORIA DUNĂRII DE JOS -50 DE ANI DE LA ÎNCEPUTUL CERCETĂRILOR ARHEOLOGICE LA BABADAG (1962-2012). Conferință națională (2012; Tulcea) Din Preistoria Dunării de Jos : 50 de ani de la începutul cercetărilor arheologice la Babadag (1962-2012) : conferință națională : Tulcea, 20-22 septembrie 2012 / ed: Sorin Cristian Ailincăi, Alexandra Țârlea, Cristian Micu : Editura Istros a Muzeului Brăilei, 2013 Bibliogr.

STUDII PRIVIND PREISTORIA SUD-ESTULUI EUROPEI Volum dedicat memoriei lui Mihai Şimon

by Cristian Micu, Cristian Eduard ȘTEFAN, and Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi

Descrirea CIP a Bibliotecii Naţionale a României OMAGIU. SIMON, Mihai Studii privind preistoria s... more Descrirea CIP a Bibliotecii Naţionale a României OMAGIU. SIMON, Mihai Studii privind preistoria sud-estului Europei: volum dedicat memoriei lui Mihai Simon / ed. Cristian-Eduard Ştefan, Mihai Florea, Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Cristian Micu. -Brăila : Editura Istros a Muzeului Brăilei, 2014 ISBN 978-606-654-110-7 I. Ştefan, Cristian-Eduard (ed.) II. Florea, Mihai (ed.) III. Ailincăi, Sorin-Cristian (ed.) IV. Micu, Cristian (ed.)

Papers by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi

A dagger with parallel cutting edges from Vânători, Galați County (South-Eastern Romania)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Adrian Adamescu, Tudor Mandache, and Alexandra-Clara Tarlea

Sava, V., Gogâltan, F. (eds), Epoca Bronzului de-o parte și de alta a Carpaților. Studii în onoarea lui Tudor Soroceanu / The Bronze Age on both sides of the Carpathians. Studies in Honor of Tudor Soroceanu at 80 Years, 2024

During the archaeological excavations conducted on the site from Vânători in 2019, among other fi... more During the archaeological excavations conducted on the site from Vânători in 2019, among other finds, there was also a small dagger, characterised by a blade with parallel cutting edges and midrib. The item presents good analogies, especially in contexts attributed to the Bilozerka culture, spread in the Budjak steppe and on the Lower Dniepr, where not only finished objects but also moulds are to be found. In general, such daggers, included by Valentin Dergačev in the Kardašinka variant of the Lobojkovka type, have a length between 10 and 14 cm and a maximum width of 1.5-2.5 cm, being made of copper or alloys with a high percentage of copper (over 90%).
These daggers are considered a creation of the Bilozerka culture, being dated loosely to the entire evolution of this culture (12th – 10thcenturies BC). The14C dating from the context excavated at Vânători (RoAMS-2130.46: 2791±33), as well as the association of the mould from the Lower Dniepr with late items, attributed by Vadim Bočkarev especially to the Zavadovka cultural group, could indicate for the Kardašinka type daggers a chronological framework situated during the late phase of the Bilozerka culture.

Roman Age Pottery from Niculițel–Cornet (Tulcea county, Southeastern Romania)

by Florin G. Topoleanu and Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi

Peuce, serie nouă 21, 2023

The paper presents the Roman era pottery discovered during the 1988 and 2000 rescue archaeologica... more The paper presents the Roman era pottery discovered during the 1988 and 2000 rescue archaeological excavations at Niculiţel-Cornet, Tulcea County, Romania, prior to the construction of the methane gas pipe in the area. The assemblage consists of pottery of Pontic, Oriental and Western origins, while the functional categories represented are kitckenware, tableware, amphorae. Handmade pottery of local tradition is also present. The fine ware is represented by terra sigillata, barbotine decorated vessels, Pontic sigillata and imitations. The majority of the pottery can be dated to the 2 nd-3 rd c. AD, with some fragments characteristic of a slightly earlier period, and other types dated up to the 5 th c. AD. The present catalogue represents a part of the discovered Roman pottery, the rest of material being scheduled for future analysis and publication. Rezumat: Articolul prezintă ceramica de epocă romană descoperită în timpul campaniilor de cercetări arheologice de la Niculiţel-Cornet, judeţul Tulcea, România din anii 1988 şi 2000. Construirea unei conducte de gaz metan a prilejuit cercetări arheologice preventive, rezultând categorii de vase de origine pontică, orientală şi occidentală, grupate în diferite tipuri de veselă de servit masa, de băut şi de bucătărie, împreună cu amfore şi vase lucrate la mână. Vasele din pastă fină sunt de asemenea prezente, inclusiv terra sigillata, vasele decorate în tehnica barbotinei, sigilate pontice şi imitaţii. Majoritatea ceramicii poate fi datată în perioada sec. II-III p.Chr., dar unele fragmente ceramice sunt caracteristice pentru o perioadă puţin mai timpurie, în timp ce alte tipuri pot fi datate în sec. V p.Chr. Prezentul catalog nu reprezintă întregul lot al ceramicii descoperite, urmând ca restul materialului să fie publicat ulterior.

A Travel Back in Time. The Babadag-Enisala Area at the Beginning of the 1 st Millenium BC

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Alexandra-Clara Tarlea, Florian Mihail, Aurel-Daniel STĂNICĂ, and Adrian Adamescu

HERiPRENEURSHIP Sustainable Tourism, Heritage Management and the Cultural and Creative Industries: Creating New Investment Opportunities at Places of Cultural Significance Proceedings of an International Conference Tulcea June 8th-9th 2023, 2023

In the beginning of the 1st millennium BC, the territory between the Danube and the Black Sea wit... more In the beginning of the 1st millennium BC, the territory between the Danube and the Black Sea witnessed a new period of intensive human inhabitation, coming to Dobruja after a sparse presence of archaeological remains belonging to the end of the Bronze Age. The new settlements were assigned to the Babadag culture, a cultural manifestation corresponding to the beginning of the Early Iron Age in South-Eastern Romania. These communities had a marked preference for settling close to important rivers, such as the Danube and its tributaries, but also on the lakeshores in the vicinity of the Black Sea.
The area around Babadag Lake undoubtedly offered a favourable environment to human communities from the beginning of the first millennium BC. On a surface of approximately 200 km2, no fewer than nine settlements characterised by Babadag type pottery were identified. From a chronological point of view, these sites cover the 10th-9th centuries BC. The only site with an existence covering this entire period is the settlement from Babadag–Cetăţuie. A complex stratigraphy with over 2 m of archaeological depositions was identified here, as well as the only ample fortification works. Such investments necessitated, without doubt, coordination as well as an important mobilisation of the entire community. The unique character of the site from Babadag proves its importance in the studied area, situation indicating the probability of its functioning as a centre around which the other settlements were founded and to which the exploitation of this territory can be connected for approximately two centuries.

MORE PRECIOUS THAN GAS? AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY IN THE NORTHEASTERN FUNERARY AREA OF NOVIODUNUM

by Radu O Stănescu, Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Aurel-Daniel STĂNICĂ, and Cristi Plantos

PEUCE, 2023

The paper analyses several archaeological features discovered during an excavation performed on t... more The paper analyses several archaeological features discovered during an excavation performed on the outskirts of Isaccea, during the summer of 2018, in the easternmost part of the Noviodunum archaeological site. Of the three documented features, two are funerary structures: one is a pit in which cremation remains and grave goods were deposited, while the other is either a 'deviant' burial, or a secondary burial of a part of the skeleton. The last feature offered inconclusive results. The grave goods discovered are numerous and diverse: different types of pottery, as well as metal artefacts. Thus, the following information completes the repertoire of funerary discoveries from Noviodunum and the northern part of the Roman province of Moesia Inferior.

Epoca Bronzului de-o parte și de alta a Carpaților. Studii în onoarea lui Tudor Soroceanu / The Bronze Age on both sides of the Carpathians. Studies in Honor of Tudor Soroceanu at 80 Years

by Victor Sava, Gogaltan Florin, Katócz Zoltán, Mistreanu Eugen, Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Tudor Mandache, Alexandra Gavan, Bejinariu Ioan, Sofia Bertea, and Ionut Marteniuc

Epoca Bronzului de-o parte și de alta a Carpaților. Studii în onoarea lui Tudor Soroceanu, 2024

Volumul de față reunește contribuțiile a 38 de specialiști preocupați de problematica epocii bron... more Volumul de față reunește contribuțiile a 38 de specialiști preocupați de problematica epocii bronzului de-o parte și de alta a Carpaților. El este dedicat lui Tudor Soroceanu, cu ocazia împlinirii vârstei de 80 de ani, ca un modest omagiu pentru moștenirea științifică și sufletească pe care ne-a lăsat-o.

This volume brings together the contributions of 38 scholars concerned with Bronze Age topics on both sides of the Carpathians. It is dedicated to Tudor Soroceanu, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, as a modest homage to the scientific and spiritual legacy he left us.

Fl. Gogâltan, C. Cordoș (ed.), Prehistoric settlements: social, economic and cultural aspects. Seven studies in the Carpathian area, Cluj Napoca, 2016

by Gogaltan Florin, Mircea Anghelinu, Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Cristina Cordos, Cristian Ioan Popa, Neculai Bolohan, and Ana Deac (Ignat)

Trăind cu morţii. Înmormântări în aşezări de la începutul epocii fierului între Balcani, Tisa şi Nistru / Living with the dead. Burials in EIA settlements between Balkans, Tisza and Dnistr

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

LIVING WITH THE DEAD. BURIALS IN EIA SETTLEMENTS BETWEEN THE BALKANS, TISZA AND DNESTR - ABSTRA... more LIVING WITH THE DEAD.
BURIALS IN EIA SETTLEMENTS BETWEEN THE BALKANS, TISZA AND DNESTR

- ABSTRACT -

PROBLEMATICS
Burials in settlements are a particular funerary phenomenon, documented worldwide, in different eras and contexts. Archaeologically speaking, burials consist of skeletons or parts of human skeletons, in or not anatomical position, deposited in disused habitat structures (pits, dwellings). Often labelled as “macabre” findings, “atypical” or “irregular” burials, this is undoubtedly a type of treatment of the human body after death.
As this practice is often documented at the same time with the existence of actual cemeteries, the hypotheses regarding the status of the individuals deposited in the settlements are numerous. Setting aside some of the exceptional findings – such as A and B grave circles from Mycenae, which prove the special social position of the buried individuals – the human bones found in domestic context were most of the times considered to be the result of human sacrifices or burials of persons of special status: slaves, war prisoners, heretics, pariahs, convicts, etc. On the other hand, we need to take into account the ethnographic sources indicating that human societies practised numerous and complex funerary rituals, some of them involving manipulations and treatments of the body starting from the time of death until final deposition.
In this context, we can ponder upon the nature of the social and ritual mechanisms that led to the separation or dissolution of the usual limits between the living and the dead.
Within this problematic, our project sets out to draw up a list of the cases of burials in early Hallstattan settlements spread between the Balkans, Dnestr and Tisza Rivers, to analyze the respective inventory and the identified ritual gestures, compare them with similar situations from other areas and eras and confront them, in the end, with historical documentation.
SPACE AND AGE
Early Iron Age (ca. 1200/1100 – 800/700 BC) is characterized by the emergence and dissemination of iron metallurgy. This technology that was born in eastern Anatolia and neighbouring areas (Armenia and Cilicia) spread rapidly from the end of 2nd millennium BC, but especially during the so-called Dark Ages in Greece. This period was much tormented in the Aegean-Anatolian area, as the Sea People rose while the Hittite Empire and the Mycenaean civilization fell.
In the northern Balkans, at the end of the 2nd millennium and beginning of the 1st millennium BC, classic cultural manifestations of the Middle and Late Bronze Age (Monteoru, Noua, Coslogeni, Suciu de Sus, Žuto-Brdo–Gârla Mare, Cruceni-Belegiš, Zimnicea-Plovdiv etc.) come to an end and new ones take shape. Despite the emergence of the first iron artefacts, this is the peak of bronze metallurgy and of the deposition of bronze artefacts in ritual contexts.
The area we’ve selected for the study of this category of findings corresponds to the dissemination of several early Hallstattan archaeological cultures with grooved pottery (Bistreţ-Işalniţa, Gáva-Holidrady, Chişinău-Corlăteni etc.), but also with stamped and incised pottery (Pšeničevo, Babadag, Insula Banului, Gornea-Kalakača, Belozerka, Cozia, Saharna-Solonceni), which are a variation of the funerary ritual . Nevertheles, in the entire area, in various proportions, probably due to the level of the investigations in the settlements, intramuros graves were also found.
STATE OF RESEARCH
Though the first such finds were uncovered since the 50’s, an analysis thereof is rather new archaeological endeavour in southern and Eastern Europe. The known publications so far mostly approach individual finds (e.g. Gomolava, Babadag, Niculiţel, Jurilovca–Orgame, Svilengrad, Saharna, Pusztataskony etc.). Syntheses on this topic are scarce and incomplete regarding the number of finds, area and method of investigation . Therefore an interdisciplinary approach over an extended area of various contemporaneous cultural manifestations may lead to the formation of a solid documentary base for an objective interpretation of this funerary practice.
CATALOGUE OF THE FINDS
We have catalogued the finds in the area between the Balkans, Dnestr and Tisza from 53 EIA sites (broadly 12th c.-8th c. BC) with 226 contexts for human bones from at least 512 individuals.
From the 53 catalogued sites, most of them (cat. no. 1, 3-6, 10, 14, 19, 21-22, 28-30, 33-35, 37, 45-46, 51-53) were ascribed to Gáva culture, most of the information concerning burials in settlements coming from rather recent finds in the intra-Carpathian region, up to Tisza River. Other such finds are concentrated at the Lower Danube, mostly ascribed to Babadag culture (cat. no. 2, 7-9, 11-12, 16-17, 24, 27, 31, 36, 38, 41, 43); in our opinion, the site at Tămăoani can be ascribed to Belozerka culture (cat. no. 48). The finds from Upper and Middle Dnestr were ascribed both to Saharna-Solonceni culture (cat. no. 15, 39-40) and Černoles culture (cat. no. 20, 23, 50); the finds at Ostrovul Corbului, Gomolava and Novi Sad were included in the areal of Kalakača culture, and the finds from Sava, Karanovo and Svilengrad are probably part of Pšeničevo culture. A special place among these finds is held by the settlement from Tărtăria, characterized by Basarabi-style decorated pottery.
Most human bones contexts in settlements were found in the area of Saharna-Solonceni culture, where the site at Hligeni alone provides 86 such contexts. However, this site can now be deemed an exception. More homogenous distribution is encountered at the Lower Danube in the sites ascribed to Babadag culture and in the intra-Carpathian region (Graphic 2).

Începuturile epocii fierului în Dobrogea. Cercetările arheologice de la Revărsarea, Isaccea, jud. Tulcea / The Beginning of Iron Age in Dobrudja. The Archaeological Research at Revărsarea, Isaccea, Tulcea County (pdf. internet version)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

Biblioteca Istro-Pontica. Seria Arheologie 8, 2013

Cristina AILINCĂI

Jijila–Cetăţuie. O aşezarea fortificată a culturii Babadag în nord-vestul Dobrogei / Jijila-Cetatuie. Un etablissement fortifie de la culture Babadag au nord-ouest de la Dobroudja (pdf. internet version)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi and Valeriu Sirbu

Inventarierea siturilor arheologice din judeţul Tulcea. Studiu de caz : mormintele tumulare (internet version pdf.)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Juganaru Gabriel, Aurel-Daniel STĂNICĂ, Florian Mihail, Cristian Micu, and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

Biblioteca Istro-Pontica. Seria Patrimonium 3, 2007

Coperta 1 şi 4: Morminte tumulare din judeţul Tulcea, foto -Valeriu Leonov Acest volum a fost tip... more Coperta 1 şi 4: Morminte tumulare din judeţul Tulcea, foto -Valeriu Leonov Acest volum a fost tipărit cu sprijinul financiar al DJCCPCN Tulcea, director executiv prof. Axenia Hogea DTP&Layout: ing. Carmen Simionescu Tipărit la SC INFCON SA -Constanţa -0241 580 527 Descrierea CIP a Bibliotecii Naţionale a României TOPOLEANU FLORIN INVENTARIEREA SITURILOR ARHEOLOGICE DIN JUDEŢUL TULCEA STUDIU DE CAZ: MORMINTELE TUMULARE / Florin Topoleanu, Gabriel Jugănaru, Cristian Micu -Constanţa: Ex Ponto, 2007 ISBN: 978-973-644-735-8 I. JUGĂNARU, GABRIEL II. MICU, CRISTIAN 94(498 Mormintele Tumulare) ISBN: 978-973-644-735-8 Corespondenţa, schimburile de carte şi comenzile se vor trimite la: The correspondence, the book exchange and the orders could be sent to: La correspondance, les échanges et toutes commandes seront envoyés au:

HERiPRENEURSHIP. Sustainable Tourism, Heritage Management and the Cultural and Creative Industries: Creating New Investment Opportunities at Places of Cultural Significance Proceedings of an International Conference Tulcea, June 8th-9th 2023

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, George Nutu, Alexandra-Clara Tarlea, and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

Biblioteca Istro-Pontica. Seria Patrimonium 11, 2023

Ukraine. The publication was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. Its co... more

Studii de arheologie și istorie antică în onoarea lui Victor Henrich Baumann cu ocazia celei de 80-a aniversări / Essays in Archaeology and Ancient History in Honor of Victor Henrich Baumann at his 80th anniversary

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, George Nutu, Cristian Micu, and Aurel-Daniel STĂNICĂ

Biblioteca Istro-Pontica. Seria Arheologie 21, 2021

Nu știu și nici nu pot să fac efortul de a înțelege clar de ce în Dobrogea excepționalitatea arhe... more Nu știu și nici nu pot să fac efortul de a înțelege clar de ce în Dobrogea excepționalitatea arheologică a fost și este mai frecventă decât în alte provincii ale României. Nu că n-aș avea la îndemână explicații de natură istorică și exemple numeroase care arată și-n alte zone descoperiri deosebite, cercetări de amploare, creșteri spectaculoase de colecții și conduc la elogii meritate pe seama calităților comunităților arheologice. Dar parcă, nu aidoma Dobrogei! Și mai ales, cazului Tulcea. În alte locuri, tradiții și instituții de tezaur cu vechime explică rezultatele merituoasechiar și în vecinătate, la Constanța, pe când la Tulcea, acestea s-au împlinit și se măsoară doar în câteva decenii. Explicații ar putea deriva din chiar ocazia fastă și onorantă de a-l elogia pe distinsul nostru coleg, Victor Baumann la împlinirea a 80 de ani. Parafrazând spusele unui mare învățat, vecin deal tulcenilor, Victor și micul grup profesional al ICEM aparțin oamenilor excepționali, el reprezentând o personalitate fondatoare 1. Adică acelor semeni rari de întâlnit și puțini ca număr, dăruiți cu viziune, cu capacitatea de anticipare, înțelegere și explicitare, dar și de interpretare, reconstituire credibilă și convingătoare. O fi contat, și în cazul său, calitatea confreriei coagulată de Gavrilă Simion-unul și unul, una și una!-dar mai ales calitățile personale. Nu ne îndoim de acestea! S-or fi adăugat, nevăzute energii creatoare, tradiția reieșită din căutările și prezentările avântate ale predecesorilor: Constantin Moisil, Raymund Netzhammer, ca și genialele deschideri făcute de Vasile Pârvan. Nici aici nu rămâne vreo îndoială! Evaluate, însă toate acestea întăresc afirmația pe seama excepționalității. În seria universitară (1964) de la Facultatea de Istorie a Universității bucureștene-când Victor și-a încheiat studiile-s-au regăsit mai mulți tineri, care ulterior au dovedit calități profesionale spectaculoase: Paul Rezeanu, Ofelia Văduva, Florin Costinescu, Florian Tănăsescu, Cornel Almășan, Ion Calafeteanu, Marcel Popa și alți câțiva. Dintre toți, doar doi au onorat domeniul arheologiei: Mircea Babeș și Victor Baumann. Fiecare a urcat în ierarhia profesiei, remarcându-se prin lucrări științifice de referință și descoperiri excepționale. Dacă primul, strălucit cercetător și săpător, a beneficiat de la începutul carierei de un climat academic și de mijloace documentare-confirmând rapid valoarea sa profesională, celălalt a evoluat într-un loc lipsit de asemenea avantaje; la Tulcea, în modestul Muzeu al Deltei Dunării unde toate au trebuit să fie făcute: grup de lucru, program și metode, documentare și bibliotecă, patrimoniu și expoziție de bază, relații profesionale ... De la început! Norocul l-a favorizat pe Victor Baumann, oferindu-i ocazia de a-și afirma calitățile prin contribuții directe la săpături complexe, la constituirea colecțiilor, la periegheze și 1 Băncilă 1997. 10 Ioan OPRIȘ repertoriere, editarea și publicarea rezultatelor (la timp și nu în concurență cu confrați titrați), dar mai ales la muzeologizarea descoperirilor. Spirit ordonat și organizat, cu o voință de afirmare superioară, echilibrată, colegul și prietenul nostru a beneficiat de un spațiu arheologic generos, în cea mai mare parte doar semnalat și nu săpat sistematic, cu un mare potențial științific și cultural. Mijloacele financiare destinate săpăturilor și valorificării rezultatelor acestora n-au lipsit, Cancelarul Gavrilă Simion fiind garant sigur. Garant și ascultat de autorități înțelegătoare pe seama serviciilor benefice și sigure pe care le asigurau cei din muzeu, autorităților. Dacă în Occidentul european tradiția arheologică a debutat prin măsurile de protecție stabilite prin Proclamația regală suedeză (1666)-incluzând vestigii și inscripții-, în cazul României, acestea au întârziat, abia sub domnia lui Alexandru Ioan Cuza înfiripându-se un început de inventariere și, prin lege, formându-se instituția responsabilă: Muzeul Național de Antichități (1864). Acestea au fost lărgite și sistematizate, la inițiativa lui Grigore Tocilescu (1892-1893) și cu sprijinul direct al regelui Carol I. Consolidate treptat, cu tendințe de modernizare prin aportul lui Vasile Pârvan, și a unei pleiade de învățați, începând cu 1919 domeniile arheologiei și conservării-restaurării au intrat în atenția autorităților, menținânduse însă numeroase restanțe și decalaje față de nivelul practicii occidentale 2. Pentru România, o reală politică de cercetare și valorificare plenară a patrimoniului istoric construit-implicit a celui arheologic-s-a impus abia începând din anii '50 ai veacului XX. Grupul minuscul organizat de Gavrilă Simion-de muzeografi și conservatori-l-a inclus și pe Victor Baumann, atras irezistibil de arheologie, domeniu căruia-i rămăsese fidel încă din anii studenției. Modelele de atunci: Constantin Daicoviciu și învățații clujeni (I.

Objects, Ideas and Travelers. Contacts between the Balkans, the Aegean and Western Anatolia during the Bronze and Early Iron Age, Volume to the Memory of Alexandru Vulpe. Proceedings of the Conference in Tulcea

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Joseph Maran, Radu Bajenaru, Anca-Diana Popescu, and Svend Hansen

Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie, Band 350, 2020

For more than 150 years, the prehistoric civilizations of the East Mediterranean have fascinated... more For more than 150 years, the prehistoric civilizations of the East Mediterranean have fascinated and attracted numerous scholars interested both in the various manifestations of the respective social order within this geographical zone, and by the role and impact these civilizations may have had on the neighbouring regions.
As one would expect, our knowledge is growing continuously, triggered by new archaeological research, the progress of interdisciplinary investigations of archaeological science, and the diversification of theoretical approaches interpreting material culture from an anthropological perspective. The speed of these accumulations is increasing rapidly, while the number of studies and the variety and complexity of the themes is also continuously growing. That is why the periodic organization of conferences on welldefined themes and the publication of the respective volumes are absolutely necessary, not only in order to be able to integrate the new data into the broader picture, but also for the redefinition of the state of research within certain working areas and to show the experimental investigation of new research directions.
The present volume is the outcome of a conference with the same title organized at Tulcea, Romania, between the 10th and the 13th of November 2017, dedicated to the memory of Professor Alexandru Vulpe. Four prestigious institutions, two from Romania (the Gavrilă Simion Eco-Museum Research Institute, Tulcea and the Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology, Bucharest) and two from Germany (the Institut für und Frühgeschichte und Vorderasiatische Archäologie, Heidelberg and the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Eurasien Abteilung, Berlin), with the generous support of the Mayor’s Office in Tulcea, managed to bring together over 50 scholars, most of them friends, colleagues, collaborators, students or simply acquaintances of Professor Vulpe. The intention of the organizers was to provide a suitable environment for sharing opinions and experience, and for an open and positive discussion, to recognize the current state of research on the topic, and to establish stronger connections for future collaboration in this field.
Contacts among human communities from various cultural areas, the circulation of people, ideas and objects, or the identification of the main communication routes as well as their role in shaping prehistoric societies are likely to remain forever topics of intense discussion within archaeology. The relations between the Carpathian-Balkan area and the Aegean during the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age was one of the main themes of study for Alexandru Vulpe. As a supporter of the idea of Ex oriente lux, Vulpe always argued for the major role played by the Helladic civilization in the cultural development of the Carpathian Balkan area. The lectures delivered at the Tulcea conference and the papers published in the present volume highlight once again the complexity of these connections and the multitude of perspectives revealed when approaching such a theme.
Although the title of the volume indicates the main geographic areas in question, contributions from other cultural areas (i.e. Central Europe, the Middle Danube, Northern Pontic area, etc.), whose societies were in close contact with those of the Balkans, were also welcome. The four sections grouping the studies in the volume had not been established from the very beginning; they are the result of the subjects approached by the authors. Reading the papers attentively, one notices the diversity of the subjects and approaches and, in most cases, the novelty of the ideas expressed. We hope that the publication will provide research with a reference volume, opening new perspectives on the matters discussed. The present work is the result of the common effort of all authors, spanning a period of over three years. We wish to thank all contributors for their promptness and seriousness in answering our invitation to the volume, as well as for the openness and patience showed during the entire editing process. We are very much indebted to the Mayor’s Office of the community of Tulcea for the financial help and for the hospitality provided to the participants of the conference. Special thanks go to Douglas Fear (Heidelberg) for the careful language editing of the contributions to this volume.

Archaeological Structures from the Iron Age settlements in the Tisza-Dniester region. Proceedings of the Saharna Colloqium, July 12th-15th, 2018 / Structuri arheologice din așezările epocii fierului în spațiul tiso-nistrean. Materialele colloqium-ului de vară de la Saharna 12-15 iulie 2018

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Aurel Zanoci, Mihail Bat, Alexandra-Clara Tarlea, and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

Biblioteca Istro-Pontica. Seria Arheologie 18, 2019

Structuri arheologice din aşezările epocii fierului în spaţiul tiso-nistrean Archeological struct... more

Interdisciplinary research in Iron Age sites from the Tisa-Dniester area. Proceedings of Saharna Summer Colloquium July 13th -16th , 2017 / Cercetări interdisciplinare în siturile de epoca fierului din spațiul tiso-nistrean. Materialele colloqium-ului de vară de la Saharna: 13-16 iulie 2017

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Aurel Zanoci, Mihail Bat, Alexandra-Clara Tarlea, and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

Biblioteca Istro Pontica. Seria Arheologie 17, 2018

Cercetări interdisciplinare în siturile de epoca fierului din spaţiul tiso-nistrean Interdiscipli... more Cercetări interdisciplinare în siturile de epoca fierului din spaţiul tiso-nistrean Interdisciplinary research in Iron Age sites from the Tisa-Dniester area Materialele colloquium-ului de vară de la Saharna 13-16 iulie 2017 Cercetări interdisciplinare în siturile de epoca fierului din spaţiul tiso-nistrean Interdisciplinary research in Iron Age sites from the Tisa-Dniester area Materialele colloquium-ului de vară de la Saharna 13-16 iulie 2017 Cercetări interdisciplinare în siturile de epoca fierului din spaţiul tiso-nistrean Interdisciplinary research in Iron Age sites from the Tisa-Dniester area Materialele colloquium-ului de vară de la Saharna 13-16 iulie 2017

Omul, Fluviul si Marea. Studii de arheologie si istorie in onoarea lui Florin Topoleanu la a 65-a aniversare

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, George Nutu, Cristian Micu, and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

Biblioteca Istro-Pontica. Seria Arheologie 13, 2017

Omul, fluviul şi marea : studii de arheologie şi istorie în onoarea lui Florin Topoleanu la a 65-... more Omul, fluviul şi marea : studii de arheologie şi istorie în onoarea lui Florin Topoleanu la a 65-a aniversare / ed.: George Nuţu, Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Cristian Micu. -Cluj-Napoca : Mega, 2017 Conţine bibliografie ISBN 978-606-543-894-1 I. Nuţu, George (ed.) II. Ailincăi, Sorin Cristian (ed.) III. Micu, Cristian (ed.) 902 94 TABULA GRATULATORIA Adrian ADAMESCU (Galaţi) Sorin-Cristian AILINCĂI (Tulcea) Nicolae ALEXANDRU (Mangalia) Cristina-Georgeta ALEXANDRESCU (Bucureşti) Mircea ANGELESCU (Bucureşti) Dan APARASCHIVEI (Iași) Adrian ARDEȚ (Caransebeș) Radu ARDEVAN (Cluj-Napoca) Margareta ARSENESCU (Bucureşti) Martin AUER (Innsbruck) Alexandru AVRAM (Le Mans) Alexandru BARNEA (Bucureşti) Dan BASARAB-NANU (Galaţi) Dan BĂCUEȚ-CRIȘAN (Zalău) Sanda BĂCUEȚ-CRIȘAN (Zalău) Alexandru BĂDESCU (Bucureşti) Constantin BĂJENARU (Constanța) Maria BĂRBULESCU (Constanța) Mihai BĂRBULESCU (Cluj-Napoca) Iulian BÂRZESCU (Bucureşti) Ioan BEJINARIU (Zalău) Doina BENEA (Timișoara) George BILAVSCHI (Iași) Alexandra BIVOLARU (Paris) Ionuț BOCAN (București) Doru BOGDAN (Alba Iulia) Dorel BONDOC (Craiova) Valentin BOTTEZ (București) George BOUNEGRU (Alba Iulia) Octavian BOUNEGRU (Iași) Maurizio BUORA (Udine) Livia BUZOIANU (Constanța) Constantin CALOTOIU (Tg. Jiu) Cristian CĂLDĂRARU (Galaţi) Constantin CHERA (Constanța) Laurent CHRZANOVSKI (Geneva) Radu CIOBANU (Alba Iulia) Florin CIULAVU (Tulcea) Traian CLEANTE (Constanța) Sorin COCIŞ (Cluj-Napoca) Robert CONSTANTIN (Mangalia) Costin CROITORU (Brăila) Florin CURTA (Gainesvile) Gabriel CUSTUREA (Constanţa) Oana DAMIAN (București) Paul DAMIAN (București) Dan DEAC (Zalău) Adrian DOBOȘ (București) Traian DVORSKI (Bucarest) Piotr DYCZEK (Warsaw) Dan ELEFTERESCU (Călărași) Max FIEDERLING (Munich) Robert FRECER (Praga) Ştefan-Emilian GAMUREAC (București) Ştefan Viorel GEORGESCU (Hunedoara) Robert GHINDELE (Satu Mare) Petre GHERGHE (Craiova) Mihai GORGOI (București) Nicolae GUDEA (Cluj-Napoca) Ana HAMAT (Reșița) Puiu HAȘOTTI (Constanța) Ştefan HONCU (Iași) Constantin ICONOMU (Iași) Claudiu ILAȘ (Timișoara) Costel ILIE (Galați) Dan IONESCU (Constanța) Mihai IONESCU (Mangalia) Adrian IONIȚĂ (București) Ionel IONIȚĂ (București) Lăcrămioara-Elena ISTINA (Bacău) Gabriel JUGĂNARU (Tulcea) Stoica LASCU (Constanța) Martin LEMKE (Warsaw) Sabin Adrian LUCA (Sibiu) Vasilica LUNGU (București) Virgil LUNGU (Constanța) Alexandru MADGEARU (București) Tudor MANDACHE (Galați) Gheorghe MĂNUCU-ADAMEŞTEANU (București) Mihaela MĂNUCU-ADAMEȘTEANU (București) Monica MĂRGINEANU-CÂRSTOIU (București) Liviu MARTA (Satu Mare) Dana MIHAI (București) Alexander MINCHEV (Varna) Cristian MICU (Tulcea) Lucreţiu MIHĂILESCU-BÎRLIBA (Iași) Virgil MIHĂILESCU-BÎRLIBA (Iași) Elina MIRCHEVA (Varna) Ioana MUREȘAN (Tulcea) Lucian-Mircea MUREȘAN (Tulcea) Crişan MUŞEŢEANU (București) Marian NEAGU (Călărași) Decebal NEDU (Galați) Virgil Ștefan NIȚULESCU (București) George NUŢU (Tulcea) Ernest OBERLANDER-TÂRNOVEANU (București) Andrei OPAIȚ (Iaşi) Ioan OPRIȘ (București) Ioan Carol OPRIȘ (București) Radu OTA (Alba Iulia) Ghiorghe PAPUC (Constanța) Valentin PARNIC (Călărași) Adriana PANAITE (București) Bernd PÄFFGEN (Munich) Doina PĂULEANU (Constanța) Radu PETCU (Constanța) Tobias PFLEDERER (Kempten/Munich) Zeno PINTER (Sibiu) Ioan PISO (Cluj-Napoca) Adriana PESCARU (Deva) Dinu POP (Cluj-Napoca) Horea POP (Zalău) Simina RAFAILĂ-STANC (Iaşi) Simona REGEP (Timișoara) Elena RENŢA (Slobozia) Cristian ROMAN (Cluj-Napoca) Gheorghe ROMANESCU (Iaşi) Florin ROTARU (Paris) Viorica RUSU-BOLINDEȚ (Cluj-Napoca) Cristian SCHUSTER (București) Valeriu SÎRBU (Brăila) Irina SODOLEANU (Constanța) Aurel-Daniel STĂNICĂ (Tulcea) Gabriel TALMAȚCHI (Constanța) Karolina TRUSZ (Warsaw) Dumitru ȚEICU (Reșița) Dan VASILESCU (Constanța) Cristian VIRAG (Satu Mare) Iulian VIZAUER (Tulcea) Florin VLAD (Slobozia) Valerii YOTOV (Varna) Mihail ZAHARIADE (București)

Settlements of Life and Death. Studies from Prehistory to Middle Ages. Proceedings of an International Colloqium, Tulcea, 25th-28th of May 2016

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Gogaltan Florin, and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

Biblioteca Istro-Pontica. Seria Arheologie 2016, 2016

Omagiu lui Gavrila Simion la a 80-a aniversare (internet version pdf.)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

The volume contains over 30 scientific studies dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the professor... more

Din preistoria Dunării de Jos. 50 de ani de la începutul cercetărilor arheologice la Babadag (1962-2012) - Actele conferinţei „Lower Danube Prehistory. 50 years of excavations at Babadag”, Tulcea, 20-22 septembrie 2012 (pdf. internet version)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Alexandra-Clara Tarlea, and Biblioteca Istro-Pontica

Biblioteca Istro-Pontica. Seria Arheologie 9, 2013

Editori / Editors: Sorin-Cristian AILINCĂI, Alexandra-Clara ȚÂRLEA, Cristian MICU Tehnoredactare ... more Editori / Editors: Sorin-Cristian AILINCĂI, Alexandra-Clara ȚÂRLEA, Cristian MICU Tehnoredactare / Computer graphics: Camelia KAIM Toate lucrările publicate au fost recenzate de specialişti în domeniu This is a peer-reviewed volume Descrierea CIP a Bibliotecii Naționale a României DIN PREISTORIA DUNĂRII DE JOS -50 DE ANI DE LA ÎNCEPUTUL CERCETĂRILOR ARHEOLOGICE LA BABADAG (1962-2012). Conferință națională (2012; Tulcea) Din Preistoria Dunării de Jos : 50 de ani de la începutul cercetărilor arheologice la Babadag (1962-2012) : conferință națională : Tulcea, 20-22 septembrie 2012 / ed: Sorin Cristian Ailincăi, Alexandra Țârlea, Cristian Micu : Editura Istros a Muzeului Brăilei, 2013 Bibliogr.

STUDII PRIVIND PREISTORIA SUD-ESTULUI EUROPEI Volum dedicat memoriei lui Mihai Şimon

by Cristian Micu, Cristian Eduard ȘTEFAN, and Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi

Descrirea CIP a Bibliotecii Naţionale a României OMAGIU. SIMON, Mihai Studii privind preistoria s... more Descrirea CIP a Bibliotecii Naţionale a României OMAGIU. SIMON, Mihai Studii privind preistoria sud-estului Europei: volum dedicat memoriei lui Mihai Simon / ed. Cristian-Eduard Ştefan, Mihai Florea, Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Cristian Micu. -Brăila : Editura Istros a Muzeului Brăilei, 2014 ISBN 978-606-654-110-7 I. Ştefan, Cristian-Eduard (ed.) II. Florea, Mihai (ed.) III. Ailincăi, Sorin-Cristian (ed.) IV. Micu, Cristian (ed.)

A dagger with parallel cutting edges from Vânători, Galați County (South-Eastern Romania)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Adrian Adamescu, Tudor Mandache, and Alexandra-Clara Tarlea

Sava, V., Gogâltan, F. (eds), Epoca Bronzului de-o parte și de alta a Carpaților. Studii în onoarea lui Tudor Soroceanu / The Bronze Age on both sides of the Carpathians. Studies in Honor of Tudor Soroceanu at 80 Years, 2024

During the archaeological excavations conducted on the site from Vânători in 2019, among other fi... more During the archaeological excavations conducted on the site from Vânători in 2019, among other finds, there was also a small dagger, characterised by a blade with parallel cutting edges and midrib. The item presents good analogies, especially in contexts attributed to the Bilozerka culture, spread in the Budjak steppe and on the Lower Dniepr, where not only finished objects but also moulds are to be found. In general, such daggers, included by Valentin Dergačev in the Kardašinka variant of the Lobojkovka type, have a length between 10 and 14 cm and a maximum width of 1.5-2.5 cm, being made of copper or alloys with a high percentage of copper (over 90%).
These daggers are considered a creation of the Bilozerka culture, being dated loosely to the entire evolution of this culture (12th – 10thcenturies BC). The14C dating from the context excavated at Vânători (RoAMS-2130.46: 2791±33), as well as the association of the mould from the Lower Dniepr with late items, attributed by Vadim Bočkarev especially to the Zavadovka cultural group, could indicate for the Kardašinka type daggers a chronological framework situated during the late phase of the Bilozerka culture.

Roman Age Pottery from Niculițel–Cornet (Tulcea county, Southeastern Romania)

by Florin G. Topoleanu and Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi

Peuce, serie nouă 21, 2023

The paper presents the Roman era pottery discovered during the 1988 and 2000 rescue archaeologica... more The paper presents the Roman era pottery discovered during the 1988 and 2000 rescue archaeological excavations at Niculiţel-Cornet, Tulcea County, Romania, prior to the construction of the methane gas pipe in the area. The assemblage consists of pottery of Pontic, Oriental and Western origins, while the functional categories represented are kitckenware, tableware, amphorae. Handmade pottery of local tradition is also present. The fine ware is represented by terra sigillata, barbotine decorated vessels, Pontic sigillata and imitations. The majority of the pottery can be dated to the 2 nd-3 rd c. AD, with some fragments characteristic of a slightly earlier period, and other types dated up to the 5 th c. AD. The present catalogue represents a part of the discovered Roman pottery, the rest of material being scheduled for future analysis and publication. Rezumat: Articolul prezintă ceramica de epocă romană descoperită în timpul campaniilor de cercetări arheologice de la Niculiţel-Cornet, judeţul Tulcea, România din anii 1988 şi 2000. Construirea unei conducte de gaz metan a prilejuit cercetări arheologice preventive, rezultând categorii de vase de origine pontică, orientală şi occidentală, grupate în diferite tipuri de veselă de servit masa, de băut şi de bucătărie, împreună cu amfore şi vase lucrate la mână. Vasele din pastă fină sunt de asemenea prezente, inclusiv terra sigillata, vasele decorate în tehnica barbotinei, sigilate pontice şi imitaţii. Majoritatea ceramicii poate fi datată în perioada sec. II-III p.Chr., dar unele fragmente ceramice sunt caracteristice pentru o perioadă puţin mai timpurie, în timp ce alte tipuri pot fi datate în sec. V p.Chr. Prezentul catalog nu reprezintă întregul lot al ceramicii descoperite, urmând ca restul materialului să fie publicat ulterior.

A Travel Back in Time. The Babadag-Enisala Area at the Beginning of the 1 st Millenium BC

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Alexandra-Clara Tarlea, Florian Mihail, Aurel-Daniel STĂNICĂ, and Adrian Adamescu

HERiPRENEURSHIP Sustainable Tourism, Heritage Management and the Cultural and Creative Industries: Creating New Investment Opportunities at Places of Cultural Significance Proceedings of an International Conference Tulcea June 8th-9th 2023, 2023

In the beginning of the 1st millennium BC, the territory between the Danube and the Black Sea wit... more In the beginning of the 1st millennium BC, the territory between the Danube and the Black Sea witnessed a new period of intensive human inhabitation, coming to Dobruja after a sparse presence of archaeological remains belonging to the end of the Bronze Age. The new settlements were assigned to the Babadag culture, a cultural manifestation corresponding to the beginning of the Early Iron Age in South-Eastern Romania. These communities had a marked preference for settling close to important rivers, such as the Danube and its tributaries, but also on the lakeshores in the vicinity of the Black Sea.
The area around Babadag Lake undoubtedly offered a favourable environment to human communities from the beginning of the first millennium BC. On a surface of approximately 200 km2, no fewer than nine settlements characterised by Babadag type pottery were identified. From a chronological point of view, these sites cover the 10th-9th centuries BC. The only site with an existence covering this entire period is the settlement from Babadag–Cetăţuie. A complex stratigraphy with over 2 m of archaeological depositions was identified here, as well as the only ample fortification works. Such investments necessitated, without doubt, coordination as well as an important mobilisation of the entire community. The unique character of the site from Babadag proves its importance in the studied area, situation indicating the probability of its functioning as a centre around which the other settlements were founded and to which the exploitation of this territory can be connected for approximately two centuries.

MORE PRECIOUS THAN GAS? AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY IN THE NORTHEASTERN FUNERARY AREA OF NOVIODUNUM

by Radu O Stănescu, Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Aurel-Daniel STĂNICĂ, and Cristi Plantos

PEUCE, 2023

The paper analyses several archaeological features discovered during an excavation performed on t... more The paper analyses several archaeological features discovered during an excavation performed on the outskirts of Isaccea, during the summer of 2018, in the easternmost part of the Noviodunum archaeological site. Of the three documented features, two are funerary structures: one is a pit in which cremation remains and grave goods were deposited, while the other is either a 'deviant' burial, or a secondary burial of a part of the skeleton. The last feature offered inconclusive results. The grave goods discovered are numerous and diverse: different types of pottery, as well as metal artefacts. Thus, the following information completes the repertoire of funerary discoveries from Noviodunum and the northern part of the Roman province of Moesia Inferior.

Jijila -A Late Bronze Age Site on the Lower Danube

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Alexandra-Clara Tarlea, Florian Mihail, Aurel-Daniel STĂNICĂ, and Răzvan-Marius Cernamoriți

Archaeologia Bulgarica, 2023

This paper presents the results of recent rescue excavations conducted in Tulcea county, Dobrudja... more This paper presents the results of recent rescue excavations conducted in Tulcea county, Dobrudja, Romania, with a focus on the Late Bronze Age finds from the Jijila-La grădini site. The contexts (mainly pits) and the archaeological material (pottery; objects made of clay, stone, and bone; animal remains) are discussed in detail and placed in a chronological, geographical and cultural framework, with the help of a series of new 14 C data obtained on samples harvested from herbivores' bones. Thus, the finds from Jijila bring a useful completion to the existing information on the Sabatinovka-Noua-Coslogeni cultural complex.

Characteristic X-ray study over a hoard of bracelets from Vânători

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Tudor Mandache, and Adrian Adamescu

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 2023

The article is dedicated to the characteristic X-ray analysis of a hoard composed of eight bracel... more The article is dedicated to the characteristic X-ray analysis of a hoard composed of eight bracelets discovered in an Early Iron Age context at the Vânători site. In order to obtain a complete view over the bracelets, Particle Induced X-ray Emission and Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence tests were performed. The goal was to obtain the main composing elements as well as trace elements in an effort to identify the type of alloy.

Once again on the Early Iron Age Chronology at the Lower Danube. New radiocarbon data from Babadag

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi and Alexandra-Clara Tarlea

ANCIENT THRACE: MYTH AND REALITY THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THRACOLOGY KAZANLAK, SEPTEMBER 3 – 7, 2017, 2022

Vestigii uitate. Despre unele descoperiri preistorice de la Ostrov–Piatra Frecăței (cetatea Beroe), jud. Tulcea / Forgotten finds. On some prehistoric discoveries at Ostrov–Piatra Frecăței (ancient Beroe), Tulcea county

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Răzvan-Marius Cernamoriți, Alexandra-Clara Tarlea, and Alexandra Tarlea

Zanoci, A., Băț, M. (eds.), Old discoveries and new approaches to the Archaeology of the Iron Age in the Tisa-Dniester area, Proceedings of the Saharna Summer Colloquium Saharna, July 28th - July 31th 2022, 2022

The Ostrov–Piatra Frecăţei site (Tulcea county) is known mainly because of the Beroe fortress and... more The Ostrov–Piatra Frecăţei site (Tulcea county) is known mainly because of the Beroe fortress and the Roman, Roman Byzantine (2nd-7th century) and early medieval (10th-12th century) necropolises researched and published by Aurelian Petre in the‘50s-’70s. The prehistoric remains Hamangia culture, Early or Middle Bronze Age, Noua culture, Babadag culture, Late Hallstatt Period, Second Iron Age) are less known and mentioned only briefly in the specialized literature. Our paper aims to analyze the materials discovered both in the area of the necropolises and the fortress, which can be ascribed to the Noua and Babadag cultures and resulted both from older surveys (1958-1976) and more recent excavations (1997-2002), raising the issue of possible contemporaneity between the two cultural manifestations, at least along the Danube.

A new Late Bronze Age sceptre-pestle discovered at Limanu, Constanța County (SE Romania)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi and Florian Mihail

Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica, 2021

Late Bronze Age stone sceptres/pestles are a category of artefacts enjoying a certain distinction... more Late Bronze Age stone sceptres/pestles are a category of artefacts enjoying a certain distinction, found across a vast area, from the western Black Sea to Central Asia. On this instance, we publish one such object discovered in Limanu, Constanta County (south-eastern Romania), which can be attributed to type II according to the typology established by Nikolaus Boroffka and Eugen Sava. Such sceptres/pestles are mostly made of local rock and can be assigned to the Noua-Sabatinovka-Coslogeni cultures. The low wear and tear of the pieces indicates usage. This may imply that the objects stopped being used shortly after their allocation or that they were used for ceremonial purposes for a short period.

Obiecte din piatră și materii dure animale descoperite în situl de la începutul epocii fierului de la Garvăn-Mlăjitul Florilor (com. Jijila, jud. Tulcea)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi and Florian Mihail

AB LAPIDE AD METALLUM. Studia in honorem Professoris Marin Cârciumaru, 2022

The archaeological site Garvăn–Mlăjitul Florilor (com. Jijila, Tulcea County) is situated in nort... more The archaeological site Garvăn–Mlăjitul Florilor (com. Jijila, Tulcea County) is situated in northwestern Dobruja, on a a rocky promontory on the north shore of Jijila Lake, about 2 km west of Garvăn village and 2.5 km southeast of Dinogetia fortress. The site was identified during the 1956 field surveys of the Dinogetia site archaeological team and was excavated later, in 1992 and 1994-1995, by Gabriel Jugănaru. From the start of the excavations, the finds from Garvăn–Mlăjitul Florilor were ascribed to the Babadag culture (10th – 9th century B.C.).
This paper analyzes the artifacts made of stone (knapped and polished) and hard animal materials discovered at Garvăn–Mlăjitul Florilor site , aiming to improve our understanding of the artifacts’ operational process, from raw material block to discarded item: raw material, typology, technological and functional observations.

Noi informații despre locuirea romană de la Sălcioara, com. Jurilovca, jud. Tulcea

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi and Florian Mihail

IN MEDIAS RES ANTIQUORUM. Miscellanea in honorem annos LXV peragentis Professoris Costel Chiriac oblata, 2022

Sălcioara is located on Lake Razelm (former outlet of the Black Sea), about 6 km north of the for... more Sălcioara is located on Lake Razelm (former outlet of the Black Sea), about 6 km north of the fortress of Argamum. In the years 2019 and 2020, several archaeological excavations took place here. A rural settlement was documented, dating from the 1st century AD until the middle of the 4 th century. In 2019, a hut-type house was researched, from which Roman pottery and Getic ceramics of local tradition were recovered. The following year, a household pit was investigated, from which the same type of archaeological material was recovered. The discovered archaeological material represented almost exclusively by ceramic fragments proves the existence of a local community, which maintains strong ties with the pre-Roman past, using pottery of Getic tradition, but which has links with the Mediterranean world, having access to products such as wine and olive oil. The presence in the same archaeological complex of Getic and Roman pottery (whether we are talking about imported amphorae or locally produced tableware) demonstrates the cultural influence of this rural community under Romanization.

Bronze Age graves at Jijila (Southeastern Romania)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Mihai Constantinescu, Florian Mihail, Cristian Micu, and Aurel-Daniel STĂNICĂ

V. Heyd, G. Kulcsár, B. Preda-Bălănică (eds.), Yamnaya Interactions. Proceedings of the International Workshop held in Helsinki, 25–26 April 2019. The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe, Vol. 2. Budapest, 2021, 2021

During the archaeological excavation in 2018-2019 in Jijila (SE Romania), a group of eight inhuma... more During the archaeological excavation in 2018-2019 in Jijila (SE Romania), a group of eight inhumation graves concentrated on a rather small area was researched. 14 C dates made for graves no. 1, 2, 5-8 indicate a very long period of time separating the earliest and the latest burial. Graves no. 5, 7, and 8 (probably also 3) can be dated between the end of the 4 th millennium BC and the beginning of the 3 rd millennium BC, grave 1 was dated to the middle of the 3 rd millennium BC, and graves no. 2 and 6 to the fi rst part of the 2 nd millennium BC. The density of graves and their wide time span, covering a period of almost 1500 years, could suggest the existence of a burial mound. Despite this, we could not identify any traces of such a funerary structure. However, the practice of fl at burials in a period from which thousands of mounds are still preserved is not a unique case at the Lower Danube. Unlike mounds, which can be easily identifi ed in the landscape as funerary monuments, fl at necropolises were usually discovered during research of sites dating from other periods, especially Eneolithic tell settlements. Due to the general lack of grave goods or any arrangements of stone or earth, these sites are practically almost impossible to identify only by surface research. These cemeteries were often located near water, on terraces or promontories visible from the surrounding areas. They probably followed the communication routes or areas exploited for various important resources, on the courses of rivers such as Ialomița, Buzău, and Călmățui. Many such discoveries were also identifi ed on the Danube course. In this respect, we cannot fail to highlight the cemeteries from Brăilița, Orlovka and Isaccea located in the area of a crossing widely used throughout history. Although many of the fl at cemeteries known in the Early and Middle periods of the Lower Danube Bronze Age are known only by brief mentions in the literature, they seems to share a similar chronology with the burial mounds. The oldest burials date from the end of the Eneolithic period (Cernavodă I: ~ 3800-3500 BC) and the most recent seem to be contemporary with the Mnogovalikovaya horizon (~ 2200-1800 BC). The graves at Jijila show once again the importance of 14 C dating. Without absolute dates it would have been almost impossible to assume such a large chronological distance between the eight graves. Even though in most cases we have little chronological information, we can see that human communities have used these places as burial grounds for very long periods (over 1500 years).

Under Lock and Key. Recent Archaeological Excavations on the Jijila Valley (NW Dobruja)

by Radu O Stănescu, Marian Mocanu, Alexandra Dolea, and Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi

Studii de arheologie și istorie antică în onoarea lui Victor Henrich Baumann cu ocazia celei de 80-a aniversări / Essays in Archaeology and Ancient History in Honor of Victor Henrich Baumann at his 80th anniversary, 2021

This study presents the results of an archaeological excavation conducted in the Jijila Valley, w... more This study presents the results of an archaeological excavation conducted in the Jijila Valley, where a series of features belonging to the Early Roman period (2nd-3rd centuries AD), one pit-house and several domestic pits, have been found. The discovered materials include pottery (transport amphorae, storage vessels, fine ware, cooking and drinking ware, and a lamp), iron tools and nails, ceramic building materials, and a fragmentary quern stone. This discovery adds to the already rich repertoire of Roman rural settlements on the banks of the Lower Danube.

Observații referitoare la două morminte romane timpurii descoperite la Telița, jud. Tulcea / Notes on Two Early Roman Cremation Graves Discovered at Telița, Tulcea County

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, George Nutu, and Mihai Constantinescu

Studii de arheologie și istorie antică în onoarea lui Victor Henrich Baumann cu ocazia celei de a 80-a aniversări , 2021

This paper is dedicated to the analysis of two early Roman cremation graves from the rural surrou... more This paper is dedicated to the analysis of two early Roman cremation graves from the rural surroundings of Noviodunum, at the border between present-day Frecăței and Niculițel (Tulcea County). The extensive investigations conducted in 2020 on the route of the underground network for electronic telecommunications services led to the discovery of the two funeral complexes. The cremation graves are affected by erosion and the alteration of the ancient landscape, while the funerary remains are deposited in an ‘amphora-like pitcher’ that served as an urn. The inventory consists of a pair of copper alloy earrings with baluster-shaped pendants in Cx 1, and an earring and a fragmentary silver necklace (?) in Cx 2, respectively, with closest analogies in the necropolis from Enisala. The two new graves add up to the other such finds from Noviodunum and contribute to our knowledge of the funerary practices in the province of Moesia Inferior.

The Emergence of Inland Settlements in Northern Dobruja at the End of the Archaic Period. A Newly Surveyed Settlement on Celic Dere Valley

by Maria-Magdalena Stefan, Dan Stefan, Alexandra-Clara Tarlea, Peuce Journal, and Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi

Peuce SN, 2021

The newly surveyed settlement at Celic Dere Monastery/Cassiana was field assessed, in 2013 and 20... more The newly surveyed settlement at Celic Dere Monastery/Cassiana was field assessed, in 2013 and 2014, by geophysical survey (magnetic method), aerial photogrammetry and systematic collecting of surface materials. LiDAR data was used as an integrative background of the landscape analysis. The discovery is meaningful because it gives the opportunity to discuss once more, and with enhanced elements, the impact of Greek colonisation in western Pontus upon the aggregation processes of local populations. The proximity of two contemporaneous large settlements characterized by the same rich mix of materials (consisting of Archaic and Classical periods amphorae fragments, Archaic monochrome grey wheel-made ware and hand-made local pottery of late Hallstatt tradition), even if for the Monastery settlement the considered pottery originates only from surface surveys, reveals the consistent demography of the communities inhabiting the high hills bordering the Danube, their endurance in the same places from late Hallstatt till early Hellenistic period, and their organisation in habitation nuclei based on steady markets directly connected with the western Black Sea Greek colonies, of which Orgame and Istros were located at ca. 50-60 km to the south-east.

Cercetările arheologice de la Beidaud - Calebair, jud. Tulcea (1976-1977, 1979-1980). Așezarea de la începutul epocii fierului / The archaeological Research at Beidaud - Calebair, Tulcea County (1976-1977, 1979-1980). The Early Iron Age settlement

Aparaschivei, D., Bilavschi, G., Pîrnău, L. (eds.), Varia Archaeologica (I). Tradiție și inovație în cercetarea arheologică din România și Republica Moldova, Editura Mega, Cluj-Napoca, 2020

The archaeological site at Beidaud-Calebair is located in central Dobroudja, at the eastern extre... more The archaeological site at Beidaud-Calebair is located in central Dobroudja, at the eastern extremity of Casimcea Plateau, at approx. 12 km west of Golovița Lake and 7 km south of Altân Tepe copper mine. In 1976-1977 and 1979-1980 archaeologists Gavrilă Simion and Elena Lăzurcă investigated a fortified settlement at this location.
The fortification walls are of irregular shape, almost trapezoidal. The northern and western sectors were protected by two vallums / wooden walls with adjacent ditches, while the southern and western sectors coincide with the steep slope of the promontory and were probably consolidated with a simple palisade or a wooden wall. The land and air view distinguish at least three access areas – one in the north, one in the north-east corner and one on the western side.
The two research campaigns aimed to obtain stratigraphic data from the defensive system and the enclosed are. Unfortunately, the data was only succinctly published, on various occasions. The researchers considered that the earliest inhabitation dated to the end of the Bronze Age (Coslogeni culture) and Early Iron Age (Babadag culture), when Vallum I was thought to have been erected. The second inhabitation layer consists of numerous pits and dwellings with hand-made pottery and a large number of Greek pottery that could be dated to the 6th-5th centuries B.C.
After processing the entire inventory preserved from the archaeological campaign at the site, and after studying the research documentation, we were able to provide a new interpretation of the finds at Beidaud. This paper refers strictly to the finds from the early inhabitation period. Though published on several occasions, the research undergone so far at Beidaud-Calebair still raises several questions regarding the early inhabitation at the site. Research notes are rather succint and part of the layouts have been either lost or never drawn. Such deficiencies render difficult the reconstituion of the contexts and, implicitly, the establishment of a clear inhabitation timeline. Under these circumstancs, we could only use the typological method.
Thus, in our opinion, it is rather uncertain that inhabitation at the site began at the end of the Bronze Age, in a chronological horizon contemporaneous with Noua-Coslogeni cultures. As mentioned above, the pottery ascribed to this level (though some analogies can be identified in the Babadag culture) was found in uncertain contexts, often mixed with pottery specific to the Iron Age. The same enygma floats around the context of the bronze dagger, which, in our opinion, is an isolated find.
Most likely, inhabitation at the site started the Babadag culture, in the 10th-9th centuries B.C. Despite the insufficient documentation, the inhabitation seems to be specific to the Babadag culture, as the research unearthed mainly pits and dwellings dug in the ground. As the investigated area is rather small, we cannot estimate the inhabited surface. However, considering the data on Babadag culture sites, inhabited areas are usually large. Therefore it probably expanded beyond the fortified enclosure, which, in our opinion, dates to a later period.

Pour une relecture des collections archéologiques néolithiques et chalcolithiques dans la zone de Hamangia-Baia: nouvelles données chronologiques relatives aux recherches conduites par Dumitru Berciu

by Cristian Micu, Adrian Balasescu, and Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi

Cercetari Arheologice, 2020

The deposition of dogs (Canis familiaris) at Satu Nou-Valea lui Voicu (Babadag culture)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi and Adrian Balasescu

Materiale și Cercetări Arheologice, serie nouă 16, 2020

The archaeozoological study carried out in Satu Nou-Valea lui Voicu (Oltina, Constanța County) pr... more The archaeozoological study carried out in Satu Nou-Valea lui Voicu (Oltina, Constanța County) provides new information on the relationship between humans and dogs in the early period of the Iron Age. Thus, numerous bones from several dogs (Canis familiaris) were identified in the feature called "ditch or gully" and in a pit (Pit 41). The authors of the research attributed this context, stratigraphically considered the oldest, to the Babadag culture (10 th-9 th centuries BC). The studied group includes the complete and partial skeletons of 14 individuals (12 identified in the ditch and two in Pit 41), unearthed in the 1991-1992 seasons. Some dogs (at least four individuals) were slaughtered by blows to the skull and / or were eaten (at least five individuals) as evidenced by the disarticulation and defleshing cut marks identified on the bones. Given the special archaeological situation at Satu Nou, the phenomenon of cynophagy must be viewed in a ritual and funerary context. Of the 14 dogs, two are certainly males, two are possibly males and four are possibly females. The animals were predominantly slaughtered at a young age: nine are subadults (between 8 and 18 months) and five are adults. The average withers height of these animals is 50.2 cm (n = 5; limits 46-55.6 cm) after Koudelka and 51 cm (n = 5; limits 47.4-56.8 cm) after Harcourt; the gracility index average is 7.4 (n = 5; limits 6.6-8.3). These figures describe medium-sized and above-average dogs of medium robustness. It is very interesting that nine of these individuals have extremely varied pathologies affecting various anatomical parts, from the skull to the phalanges. Most of these pathologies healed in the individuals' lifetime, but they illustrate that these animals have gone through various accidents or traumas, some of them at relatively young ages. In general, the dog had a wide range of attributes: psychopomp creature, companion of the warrior and hunter, and also guardian of the home, with a therapeutic and purifying role. In our case the dog was sacrificed (sometimes violently), deposed as an offering and sometimes probably ritually consumed. It should not be omitted that in the same ditch from Valea lui Voicu were identified human bones (from 26 individuals), pottery, but also numerous animals remains that could have been part of the funerary banquets that probably took place in this area. The association of all these archaeological, anthropological and archaeozoological materials may suggest the existence of dog sacrifices at the funerals of the deceased (as their companions) and the deposition of a part of the animal near the body, while the rest of the animal was consumed during the funerary ceremony.

Early Iron Age Stamped Pottery in Southeastern Europe. Analysis, Chronology and Interpretation

Objects, Ideas and Travelers. Contacts between the Balkans, the Aegean and Western Anatolia during the Bronze and Early Iron Age, Volume to the Memory of Alexandru Vulpe. Proceedings of the Conference in Tulcea, 10-13 November, 2017, 2020

The researches concerning the Early Iron Age cultural manifestations from South-Eastern Europe we... more The researches concerning the Early Iron Age cultural manifestations from South-Eastern Europe were often based on the typological and stylistic characteristics of the pottery in the attempt to identify archaeological cultures. Thus, drawing on observations made during excavations at Babadag and Insula Banului, Sebastian Morintz determined the existence of a great cultural complex, including several groups, characterised by pottery decorated with similar stamped motifs (Morintz and Roman 1969), to which later other cultural groups were added: Cozia (László 1972; 1989; Hänsel 1976; Iconomu 1996); Saharna-Solonceni (between the Carpathians and Dniestr) (Мелюкова 1958; 1961; 1979; 1982; Kашуба 2000; Niculiţă et al. 2008; Niculiţă et al. 2016; Niculiţă and Nicic 2014); Pšenicevo (Bulgaria) (Чичикова 1968; Čičikova 1971; 1972; Stoyanov and Nikov 1997; Heхризов 2006a; Heхризов and Цветкова 2008). The result is that there is culturally outlined an immense area between the Rhodopi Mountains, Middle Dniestr and along the Danube, from the Iron Gates to the river’s mouth.
The existence of such ceramic styles is not unique; on the contrary, there is a situation frequently found in the European archaeology and beyond. In the Carpathian-Danube area this horizon with stamped pottery partially coexists with a horizon characterised by channelled pottery (of Belegiš II-Lăpuş II-Gáva tradition), spread mainly in the intra-Carpathian area, but also found outside this area, both being replaced by the Basarabi style (Hänsel 1976; Gumă 1993; László 1994; Leviţki 1994a). In our opinion, the existence of these pottery styles on vast areas during the same chronological framework could represent a proof of networks on long distances, through which were transmitted the pottery-making tradition as well as other aspects of material and spiritual life.

Analiza resturilor faunistice provenite din asezarea din prima epoca a fierului de la Enisala-Palanca (comuna Sarichioi, judetul Tulcea, sud-estul Romaniei) / The analysis of faunal remains in Early Iron Age settlement at Enisala-Palanca (Tulcea county, South-Eastern Romania)

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi and Malaxa I . Daniel

Tyragetia, Serie Noua 13, 2019

The site from Enisala-Palanca has been known in the specialized literature since the 1970s. Arch... more The site from Enisala-Palanca has been known in the specialized literature since the 1970s. Archaeological researches have revealed the existence of several living horizons dating from the Eneolithic (Gumelniţa Culture), the Early Iron Age (Babadag Culture) and the Medieval Period (14 th -15 th centuries), a period from which also dates an inhumation necropolis. This article is dedicated to the analysis of faunal remains coming from contexts attributed to the Babadag Culture (9th century BC). The collected faunal remains are numerous (3591) and coming from molluscs, fish, turtles, birds and mammals. There have been identified fragments coming from domestic mammals (1211 fragments attributed to seven species) and wild mammals (147 fragments attributed to seven species).

Mihai Constantinescu, Începuturile culturii Monteoru. Așezarea de la Năieni-Zănoaga Cetatea 2, Muzeul Județean Buzău, Biblioteca Mousaios 15, Editura Mega, Cluj-Napoca 2020, 436 p.

PEUCE, serie noua 19, 2021

Monica Șandor-Chicideanu, Mihai Constantinescu, Necropola din epoca bronzului de la Plosca, Editura Mega, Cluj-Napoca, 2019, 302 p.

Peuce, serie nouă 18, 2020

Necropola de la Plosca-Cabana de Metal a fost cercetată între anii 1999-2005 de un colectiv condu... more Necropola de la Plosca-Cabana de Metal a fost cercetată între anii 1999-2005 de un colectiv condus de Ion Motzoi-Chicideanu. Din colectiv a făcut parte și Monica Șandor-Chicideanu, profesor al Facultății de Istorie din București, prin intermediul căreia (și) șantierul de la Plosca-Cabana de Metal a devenit un adevărat șantier școală, numeroase generații de studenți formându-și aici aptitudinile necesare unor viitori arheologi. Necropola a mai fost publicată parțial cu diverse ocazii , însă lucrarea de față reunește toate informațiile obținute în cei șapte ani de cercetări de teren. Luate în ansamblu au fost identificate 86 de morminte, dintre care 79 au fost atribuite culturii Žuto Brdo-Gârla Mare (ŽB-GM), patru grupului Bistreț-Ișalnița, două sunt hallstattiene iar unul nu a putut fi atribuit cultural. În prezenta notă nu dorim o enumerare a capitolelor ci să atragem atenția asupra apariției unei lucrări exemplare din punct de vedere metodologic, la baza căreia au stat atât o muncă asiduă de teren, cât și o documentație excelent redată printr-un catalog minuțios alcătuit, dar și prin numeroase planuri și desene. Pornind de la analiza acestei baze de date sunt făcute o serie de precizări referitoare la tipurile de morminte, structura inventarelor și elemente de ritual funerar. Inventarele sunt minuțios analizate pe categorii (olăria, obiecte din lut, bronz, piatră și os) și apoi folosite într-o analiză statistico-combinatorie care indică din păcate doar că necropola a avut o etapă atribuită culturii ŽB-GM (faza clasică) și două ulterioare (grupurile Bistreț-Ișalnița și Susani-Vârtop).

Tudor Soroceanu, Botond Rezi, Rita E. Németh, Der Bronzedepotfund von Bandul de Câmpie, jud. Mureș / Mezőbánd, Moros-Megue. Beitrage zur Erforschung der spätbronzezeitlichen Metallindustrie in Siebeburgen, Universitätsforschungen zur Prähistorischen Archäologie 307, Habelt-Verlag, Bonn, 2017

Ion Niculita, Aurel Zanoci, Mihail Bat, Evolutia habitatului din microzona Saharna in epoca fierului, Biblioteca Tyragetia 27, Chisinau, 2016, 464 p.

Neculai Bolohan, Bronzul târziu la Dunărea de Jos, Mega Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2016, 362 p.

Bogdan Petru Niculică, Epoca Bronzului în Podişul Sucevei, Ed. Karl A. Romstorfer, Suceava, 2015, 622 p.

Alin Frînculeasa, Cimitirul din epoca bronzului de la Câmpina (jud. Prahova), Editura Cetatea de Scaun, Târgovişte, 2014, 535 p. (ISBN 978-606-537-241-2) (Sorin-Cristian AILINCĂI)

Radu Băjenaru, Sfârşitul bronzului timpuriu în regiunea dinre Carpaţi şi Dunăre, Editura Argonaut, Cluj-Napoca, 2014, 340 p., 86 fig., 68 pl., 11 hărţi (ISBN 978-973-109-492-2) (Sorin-Cristian AILINCĂI)

Daniel Spânu, TEZAURELE DACICE. CREAŢIA ÎN METALE PREŢIOASE DIN DACIA PREROMANĂ, Ed. Simetria, Bucureşti, 2012, 278 pages, 195 plates, ISBN 978-973-1872-28-5 (ro)

Daniel Spânu, TEZAURELE DACICE. CREAŢIA ÎN METALE PREŢIOASE DIN DACIA PREROMANĂ, Ed. Simetria, Bucureşti, 2012, 278 pages, 195 plates, ISBN 978-973-1872-28-5 (eng)

ARA Reports 5, 2014

Ion Motzoi-Chicideanu, Obiceiurile funerare în epoca bronzului la Dunărea Mijlocie şi Inferioară, Editura Academiei Române, Bucureşti, 2011, vol. I (900 pag.), vol. II (472 planşe).

Peuce SN 10, 2012

Tudor Soroceanu, Die vorskythenzeitlichen Metallgefäße im Gebeit des heutgen Rumänien = Vasele de metal prescitice de pe actualul teritoriu al României, Editura Accent, Bistriţa / Cluj-Napoca, 2008, 452 p.

Peuce, SN 7, 2009

Simona Lazăr, Cultura Vârtop în Oltenia, Editura Fundaţia Scrisul Românesc, Craiova, 2005, 134 p. + 45 planşe şi 2 hărţi

Peuce, SN 3-4, 2005

Cristian Eduard Ştefan, Settlement Types and Enclosures in the Gumelniţa Culture, Ed. Cetatea de Scaun, Târgovişte, 2010, 134 p., 77 pl.

Peuce SN, 9, 2011

Vânători, com. Vânători, jud. Galați, punct: La Jolică

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Adrian Adamescu, and Tudor Mandache

Cronica Cercetărilor Arheologice. Campania 2023, 2024

The archaeological excavations in 2023 aimed to identify a possible necropolis of the Stoicani ty... more The archaeological excavations in 2023 aimed to identify a possible necropolis of the Stoicani type whose existence was suggested by the discovery in 2019 of a double burial with inventory items specific to the end of the 9th century BC (Cx 4101). Although we did not identify any funerary structures in the investigated area, our documentation was enriched in terms of the knowledge of the inhabited area.

Văcăreni, com. Văcăreni, jud. Tulcea

Cronica Cercetărilor Arheologice. Campania 2023, 2024

The archaeological excavations undertaken in the spring of 2023 on the territory of the Văcăreni ... more The archaeological excavations undertaken in the spring of 2023 on the territory of the Văcăreni commune had the purpose of researching five perimeters that were supposed to outline five mounds, marked with 20, 24, 25, 36 and 37. Following the archaeological excavations, I came to the conclusion that the sites marked with T24 -25 and 36 were funerary arrangements, while T20 and 37 probably represent eroded areas, where yellow soil is brought to the surface by plows. The three mounds each contained five burials. The main burials are specific to the Jamna culture and can most probably be dated to the first half of the 3rd millennium BC,
while the secondary burials most likely belong to the middle period of the Bronze Age, some can probably be attributed to the Mnogovalikovaja culture (end of the 3rd mill.-early 2nd mill. BC).

Vânători, jud. Galați, Punct: La Jolică; Campania 2022

by Tudor Mandache, Adrian Adamescu, and Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi

Vânători, jud. Galați, Punct: La Jolică; Campania 2022, 2023

Vânători, jud. Galați, Punct: La Jolică; Campania 2019

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Adrian Adamescu, Tudor Mandache, and Florian Mihail

Cronica Cercetărilor Arheologice. Campania 2019, 2020

Jijila, jud. Tulcea, punct: la Grădini

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Aurel-Daniel STĂNICĂ, and Florian Mihail

Cronica Cercetărilor Arheologice din România. Campania 2019, 2020

Vânători, jud. Galați, Punct: La Jolică; Campania 2018

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Adrian Adamescu, and Tudor Mandache

Cronica Cercetărilor Arheologice din România, 2019

Vânători, jud. Galați, Punct: La Jolică, Campania 2017

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Adrian Adamescu, and Tudor Mandache

Cronica Cercetărilor Arheologice din România, 2019

Maliuc, com. Maliuc, jud. Tulcea. Punct Taraschina, Cod RAN: 160298.01

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi and Robin Furestier

Cronica Cercetarilor Arheologice din Romania. Campania 2015

Maliuc, com. Maliuc, jud. Tulcea, Punct: Taraschina

by Cristian Micu, Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Florian Mihail, [email protected] Burens, and Laurence Manolakakis

Cronica Cercetărilor Arheologice din România. Campania 2014, 2015

Maliuc, com. Maliuc, punct: Taraschina, jud. Tulcea

Cronica Cercetarilor Arheologice din Romania. Campania 2013

Enisala, com. Sarichioi, Punct: Palanca, jud. Tulcea

Cronica Cercetărilor Arheologice din România. Campania 2013, 2014

Rahman, com. Casimcea, jud. Tulcea

Cronica Cercetărilor Arheologice din România. Campania 2013, 2014

The research of a tumulus from Rahman led to the identifi cation of 5 inhumation tombs. Consideri... more The research of a tumulus from Rahman led to the identifi cation of 5 inhumation tombs. Considering their stratigraphic position, we can conclude that the tumulus was erected for tombs #3, #4 and #5, whose pit was dug in the ancient stepping layer. Tombs #1 and #2 are secondary and were dug after the tumulus was built. From the funerary rite and ritual observed in the tumular tomb from Rahman, we can consider that it is specifi c to burials from the early and middle Bronze Age, especially in Yamnaya-type communities. As there are few inventory elements available, the only possibility to indicate more precise chronology is to take wood or bone samples for 14C dating.

Objects, Ideas and Travelers. Contacts between the Balkans, the Aegean and Western Anatolia during the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. Conference to the Memory of Alexandru Vulpe. 10th-13th November 2017, Tulcea, Romania

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi, Joseph Maran, and Radu Bajenaru

gavrIlă sImIOn eCo-museum researCH institute (tulCea) CounCil of tulCea County vasIle Pârvan inst... more

Settlements of Life and Death. Studies from Prehistory to Middle Ages

by Sorin-Cristian Ailincăi and Gogaltan Florin

Lower Danube Prehistory. 50 years of excavations at Babadag

Inceputurile epocii fierului in Dobrogea / The beginning of Iron Age in Dobrogea

manuscript, 2010