Mobility of hunter-gatherer populations in the Bistrița Valley (Romania) in the Palaeolithic
Mobility of hunter-gatherer populations in the Bistrița Valley (Romania) in the Palaeolithic

Summary/Abstract: The Bistrița Valley is definitely the most densely populated region in Romania in the Upper Palaeolithic. In addition to the abundance of settlements, each of these settlements’ inventory, variety and cultural impact are also important. Most of the symbolic and mobiliary art objects in the entire Romanian Palaeolithic have been found at Poiana Cireșului Piatra Neamț and the only Venus sandstone figurine in Romania has been discovered in an Epigravettian level in the Piatra Neamț 1 settlement. The density and cultural quality of the sites also point to a special dynamic of the hunter-gatherer groups along this valley. 14C dating and partly the study of the fossil fauna have allowed for some early considerations on the mobility of successive communities over the last 40,000 years with remarkable constancy during this time.

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