Plastica antropomorfă de lut din așezarea gumelniţeană de la Iepurești (jud. Giurgiu)

Abstract

Annual excavation campaigns took place between 2007 and 2013 at Iepurești archaeological site, where a surface of 85 sqm was opened at the northern periphery of the settlement. A Bronze Age (Glina culture) habitation layer and pits and Eneolithic (Gumelnița culture) habitation layers, houses and pits were identified. A number of 14 artefacts, representing the entire batch of Gumelnița anthropomorphic figurines discovered so far, is analyzed in this paper. Although this batch is not numerous and it is very fragmented, the observations on the manufacturing method, morphology, decorative techniques, and motifs are all remarkably interesting and complete an image, also fragmented (due to the reduced number of excavations in Gumelnița A1 levels), of a less known type of clay objects as those from the Iepurești settlement. The artefacts will be presented in the context of similar discoveries made in habitation layers attributed to the initial stage of the Gumelnița culture, but also in a larger cultural context, of the influences perceived as coming from neighbouring cultural environments.

Keywords

• figurines
• clay
• settlement
• eneolithic
• gumelnița a1