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5 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Precucuteni to Horodiștea, peak Cucuteni A–B (4800–3800 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia
One of Moldova's largest Cucuteni tells — Țuguieta mound 9 m stratigraphy (Precucuteni III to Cucuteni B1, Horodiștea) at Trușești, excavated by M. Petrescu-Dîmbovița 1951–61.
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient village
Chalcolithic Cucuteni A (c.4500–4000 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia (Cucuteni A)
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.
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient village
Cucuteni A (c.4600–4200 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia
Large Cucuteni A settlement of ~30 ha on the Larga Jijia promontory at Scânteia, excavated by C.-M. Mantu 1985–present.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Precucuteni III – Cucuteni A (c.4800–4300 BCE) · Precucuteni–Cucuteni
Key transition tell at Isaiia–Balta Popii on a low terrace of the Jijia, with 6 m Precucuteni III → Cucuteni A sequence excavated by N. Ursulescu since 1996.
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient village
Cucuteni A–B (c.4200–3800 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia
Famous 'palace' at Ruginoasa–Dealul Drăghici, a 32×16 m Cucuteni A3 burned building with timber lacing, painted floors and 2-storey interpretation, excavated by H. Dumitrescu.
