INDUSTRIA LITICĂ CIOPLITĂ ENEOLITICĂ DE LA ŞEUŞA-GORGAN (COM. CIUGUD, JUD. ALBA)
THE COPPER AGE LITHIC INDUSTRY FROM ȘEUȘA – GORGAN (CIUGUD PARISH, ALBA COUNTY)

Summary/Abstract: The present study deals with the problem of the chopped stone industry discovered in the archaeological site of Şeuşa-Gorgan. The analysis of the morphology of the discovered pieces, complexes, as well as the study of their surfaces provides a statistical perspective on the technology of making the lithic equipment as well as the activities in which the artifacts were used. Their mineralogical analysis gives occasion to a series of conclusions regarding the sources of raw materials of the communities of Decea Mureşului and Coţofeni cultures, and the way in which parts with more or less distant origin have come to be used in the specified settlements. Last but not least, an analysis of the functionality of the tools is carried out and on the basis of this an attempt to interpret the habitat and functional characteristics of the complexes offered by the lithic industry of Şeuşa-Gorgan.

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