Amber Deposits in Romania, with Particular Emphasis on Those Located on the Eastern Side of the Carpathians (Bibliographical Considerations and a few Field Investigations)
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2017
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Marin Cârciumaru et al., « Amber Deposits in Romania, with Particular Emphasis on Those Located on the Eastern Side of the Carpathians (Bibliographical Considerations and a few Field Investigations) », Annales d'Université "Valahia" Târgovişte. Section d'Archéologie et d'Histoire (documents), ID : 10.3406/valah.2017.1205
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During the archaeological excavations of 2002, in the Palaeolithic site of Poiana Cireșului (north-eastern Romania) was discovered a fragment of amber in the first Gravettian layer. Recent investigations in this settlement have revealed four archaeological layers : one Epigravettian layer and three Gravettian ones. The first Gravettian layer, which is contemporary with the Last Glacial Maximum, has provided the richest habitation of the site, being dated around 20,000 B. P. In order to identify the provenance of this raw material, the research included several phases. The first stage of our research involved a re-evaluation of the amber deposits described in Romanian geological literature, beginning with the oldest mentions that had been sometimes overlooked or completely forgotten. The second stage involved carrying out field investigations with a view to verifying the deposits located in the vicinity of the Poiana Cireșului site. The results of these two stages are to be described in this article, while the physico-chemical analyses will be published in a future study.