Hăbășești Cucuteni Settlement
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Chalcolithic Cucuteni A (c.4500–4000 BCE)·Cucuteni–Trypillia (Cucuteni A)·🇷🇴 Iași County, Strunga commune, Moldavian Plateau, Romania
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About Hăbășești Cucuteni Settlement
Type site for Cucuteni A excavated by Vl. Dumitrescu 1937–38, a 2 ha fortified village on a promontory with ditch and palisade enclosing ca.30–40 burned houses. Famous for Hăbășești painted pottery canon (trichrome), anthropomorphic figurines, copper and the model of a Cucuteni house. The 1939 monograph established Cucuteni typology for all Trypillia. Reserve with reconstructed houses.
Why it mattersType site for Cucuteni A excavated by Vl. Dumitrescu 1937–38, a 2 ha fortified village on a promontory with ditch and palisade enclosing ca.30–40 burned houses. Famous for Hăbășești painted pottery canon (trichrome), anthropomorphic figurines, copper and the model of a Cucuteni house. The 1939 monog
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Whether ditch was defensive or symbolic
- 02Origin of copper at Hăbășești pre-metallurgy
Theories
- 01Hăbășești as Cucuteni A type-site for regional chiefdom
- 02House burning as ritual closure
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.4500 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic Cucuteni A (c.4500–4000 BCE)
- Culture
- Cucuteni–Trypillia (Cucuteni A)
- Purpose
- Fortified Cucuteni village with defensive ditch
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
On the ground
Structures & features
47.1528° N · 26.9458° E · 210 m · 3 mapped features
- Defensive Ditch and PalisadeditchV-shaped ditch 2 m deep enclosing promontory tip47.1529° N · 26.9459° E
- Burned House Clusterhouse clusterCentral area of 30 burned rectangular houses with platforms47.1527° N · 26.9457° E
- Pottery Kiln AreakilnSouthwest slope with kilns for trichrome painted ware47.1526° N · 26.9455° E