About Microzone Bucşani and the ensemble of sites Bucşani Pădure (necessary remarks) Cover Image

Despre Microzona Bucşani şi ansamblul de situri Bucşani Pădure (precizări necesare)
About Microzone Bucşani and the ensemble of sites Bucşani Pădure (necessary remarks)

Author(s): Cătălin Bem
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Editura Cetatea de Scaun
Keywords: Bucșani Microzone; Gumelnița; ensemble of sites

Summary/Abstract: Bucşani Microzone is defined as a result of field researches from 1998‐2017. Located in the Argeș River basin, on the middle course of Neajlov River, it has the southern boundary in the area of its confluence with Dâmbovnic river and the northern one in the space of the last lower terraces of Neajlov. We intended the syntagma itself, Microzone Bucşani, to refer exclusively to the Chalcolithic occupation, Gumelniţa. This chronocultural segment consists of at least three tells – Bucşani Pod, Bucşani Pădure‐tell, Bucşani/Dealu La Zgârci – possibly with a northern extension (the tell from Mârşa Pădurea Neagră), all located on alluvial bars from the Neajlov floodplain.The ensemble of sites Bucşani Pădure is occuppies the entire lower left Neajlov Terrace, adjacent to the village, as well as zones of its floodplain. The Chalcolithic component of the Bucşani Pădure ensemble is part of the Microzone. Each of the old toponyms indicates, at some point, the discovery at the surface of anthropic materials. The general topographic situation and the results of the archaeological researches have led us to include all these punctual discoveries in a whole. Thus, we defined the set of sites named after the first toponym and the first systematic research, Bucşani Pădure. On the basis of this situation, I proposed to grant the code RAN 101387.02 to the ensemble of sites covering the entire lower terrace of Neajlov and zones from its floodplain, exceptionally demarcated from a geomorphological and topographical point of view. Consequently, the other RAN codes that are included in the site assembly must be canceled, requiring updates (101387.04‐05, 101387.09 and 101387.11‐13).

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 79-91
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Romanian