Storage Jar Cache East — Danube Plain (Bucharest)
Storage Jar Cache East Site
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE)·Bronze Age·🇷🇴 Danube Plain, Romania
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About Storage Jar Cache East — Danube Plain (Bucharest)
Storage Jar Cache East in Danube Plain, Romania is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits. The site includes a principal enclosure and ancillary features with votive deposits. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Bronze Age site illustrating Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried-city traditions.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of Storage Jar Cache East
- 02Function of ancillary enclosures
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for Bronze Age
- 02Defensive and ritual focus
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. 800 BCE
- Period
- Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Agricultural and hydraulic centre
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 800 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1000 CE
Abandonment or reuse
On the ground
Structures & features
45.0873° N · 25.8910° E · 347 m · 3 mapped features
Storage Jar Cache East — Principal Feature
structurePrimary buried-city feature at Storage Jar Cache East
45.0881° N · 25.8918° EStorage Jar Cache East — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary complex at Storage Jar Cache East
45.0866° N · 25.8904° EStorage Jar Cache East — Outlier
rock artOutlier at Storage Jar Cache East
45.0884° N · 25.8900° E