Ethnography in support of archaeology. Further notes in connection with an older discovery in   Vaslui County Cover Image

Etnografia în sprijinul arheologiei. Noi precizări în legătură cu o descoperire mai veche din judeţul Vaslui
Ethnography in support of archaeology. Further notes in connection with an older discovery in Vaslui County

Author(s): Vasile Diaconu, Roxana Diaconu
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Ethnohistory
Published by: Editura Cetatea de Scaun
Keywords: Archaeology; Ethnography; Rateşu Cuzei; metallic accessory; peasant waist belt

Summary/Abstract: The authors discuss an object from Rateşu Cuzei, Vaslui County, initially attributed to the X-XI century and then dated to the VI-VII century. The item has several times been referred to as a harness piece. The identification of one similar object in Neamţ County and the existence of some good ethnographic analogies enable us to reinterpret this type of find. Ethnographic research identifies these objects as decorative accessories for money belts/peasant waist belts, especially in the subcarpathian area; chronologically they can be attributed to the XIX-XX century. Following this, the object from Rateşu Cuzei can no longer be considered a harness accessory attributed to the VI-VII century but rather a decorative element from the modern period.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 137-141
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Romanian