Lithic industry of two Linearbandkeramik sites in Moldova (Nicolaevca V and Ţâra II)

Dmytro Kiosak; Maciej Debiec; Thomas Saile; Stanislav Terna

doi:10.23858/SA/73.2021.1.2605

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Vol. 73 No. 1 (2021)

Lithic industry of two Linearbandkeramik sites in Moldova (Nicolaevca V and Ţâra II)

Dmytro Kiosak , Maciej Debiec , Thomas Saile , Stanislav Terna

Sprawozdania Archeologiczne

Section: Field Survey and Materials

https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/73.2021.1.2605

Abstract

The two Linear Pottery culture lithic complexes presented in this paper came from northern Moldova. The Nicolaevca V assemblage was gathered from excavations of a small LBK dwelling, while the Ţâra II collection came from an eight-shaped pit. There was a “deposit” of objects suitable for knapping found in Nicolaevca V. This complex reflects flake-oriented expedient knapping. The Ţâra II complex represents a complicated sequence for obtaining regular blades. The interpretation of their differences is sought in the social organization of Neolithic flint-knapping, in which the Nicolaevca V lithic assemblage supposedly reflects domestic production in a household context, while Ţâra II products could have been involved in the exchange network.

Keywords:

Neolithic, lithic technology, operative chain approach, caches of objects for knapping

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Kiosak, D., Debiec, M., Saile, T., & Terna, S. (2021). Lithic industry of two Linearbandkeramik sites in Moldova (Nicolaevca V and Ţâra II). Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 73(1). https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/73.2021.1.2605

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Dmytro Kiosak

dkiosak@ukr.net
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3349-4989

Affiliation:

I.I. Mechnikov Odessa National University, Ukraine

Maciej Debiec

Affiliation:

University Rzeszów, Institute of Archaeology, 10 Moniuszki Street, 35-015 Rzeszów, Poland, Poland

Thomas Saile

Affiliation:

Lehrstuhl für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Institut für Geschichte, Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany

Stanislav Terna

Affiliation:

deceased, Moldova, Republic of