Pietrele Tell
Gumelniţa (4500–4000 BCE)·Gumelniţa (4500–4000 BCE)·🇷🇴 Teleorman / Giurgiu region, Danube plain, Pietrele village, Romania
About
About Pietrele Tell
Pietrele Tell in Teleorman / Giurgiu region, Danube plain, Pietrele village, Romania is a Gumelniţa (4500–4000 BCE) settlement attributed to Gumelniţa (4500–4000 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. Gumelniţa tell (2 ha) — burnt houses, copper metallurgy, Danube lakeside Gumelniţa culture.
Why it mattersGumelniţa tell (2 ha) — burnt houses, copper metallurgy, Danube lakeside Gumelniţa culture.
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.5000–4100 BCE Gumelniţa Chalcolithic
- Period
- Gumelniţa (4500–4000 BCE)
- Culture
- Gumelniţa (4500–4000 BCE)
- Purpose
- Ancestral Pueblo aggregation and ceremonial centre
- Rediscovered
- Excavated 1990–present research project
- Excavation
- Excavated
c.5000–4100
Initial construction/founding
2015
Multidisciplinary synthesis publication for Pietrele Tell
On the ground
Structures & features
44.0500° N · 25.6500° E · 200 m · 3 mapped features
Gumelniţa house
houseBurnt house with Gumelniţa pottery
44.0515° N · 25.6510° ECopper workshop
workshopChalcolithic copper awl casting
44.0488° N · 25.6492° ELakeside palisade
fortificationDanube lakeside palisade
44.0508° N · 25.6485° E