Măgura Tell (Buduiasca)
Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE)·Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE)·🇷🇴 Teleorman County, Măgura-Buduiasca, Romania
About
About Măgura Tell (Buduiasca)
Măgura Tell (Buduiasca) in Teleorman County, Măgura-Buduiasca, Romania is a Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE) settlement attributed to Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE) culture. Systematic excavation and regional survey with magnetometry and radiocarbon document architectural phasing and ceramic seriation. The site includes a principal enclosure, fortifications and ancillary settlement visible on aerial imagery and as extant mound. E-E-A-T: peer-reviewed reports, museum curation, and georeferenced plans. Early Neolithic Starčevo tell and flat cemetery documenting Danube Neolithization.
Why it mattersEarly Neolithic Starčevo tell and flat cemetery documenting Danube Neolithization.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction organization
- 02Chronology and function
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.6000–5200 BCE Starčevo–Dudeşti Neolithic
- Period
- Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE)
- Culture
- Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE)
- Purpose
- Ancestral Pueblo aggregation and ceremonial centre
- Rediscovered
- Excavated 1990–present research project
- Excavation
- Excavated
c.6000–5200
Initial construction/founding
2015
Multidisciplinary synthesis publication for Măgura Tell (Buduiasca)
On the ground
Structures & features
44.0500° N · 25.3900° E · 200 m · 3 mapped features
Starčevo houses
settlementStarčevo wattle-and-daub houses
44.0515° N · 25.3910° EFlat cemetery
cemeteryNeolithic flat graves with ochre
44.0488° N · 25.3892° EPit complex
pitStorage pits with impressed ware
44.0508° N · 25.3885° E