Plastica antropomorfă din aşezarea Cucuteni A de la Duruitoarea Veche I (raionul Râşcani, Republica Moldova) / Anthropomorphic figurines of the Cucuteni A stage from Duruitoarea Veche I (Râşcani District, Republic of Moldova)

Abstract

The article represents the publication of the complete collection of anthropomorphic figurines of Cucuteni A - Tripolye B1 stage from the settlement of Duruitoarea Veche I (Rîşcani District, Republic of Moldova). The figurines were discovered on the surface of the site and in course of the archaeological excavations conducted in 1973, and had previously been published only in part. The collection of figurines from Duruitoarea Veche I is one of the largest for the Cucuteni A4 sites from the Prut-Dniester interfluve and therefore is of significant scientific interest. The article includes the catalogue of finds as well as analysis of the technology, stylistics, morphology and fragmentation.

Keywords

• Prut-Dniester interfluve
• Cucuteni A
• figurines