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Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement patterns in central Moldavia (Romania)

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Despite a long tradition of studies of the Moldavian Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultures, the analysis of the territorial behaviour of human communities remains underexploited. This work combines concepts used in landscape archaeology with the potential of the Geographic Information System (GIS) to mobilise archaeological artefacts in a large-scale setting and for many thematic purposes. This paper aims to compare the spatial and temporal distributions of archaeological evidence in central Moldavia. Applying integrated approaches through GIS analysis, it explores the natural, economic and social phenomena involved in territorial trajectories during the Later Prehistory (6000-3500 BC). In the chronological framework of the Starcevo-Cris, Linear Pottery, Precucuteni and Cucuteni cultures, different types of spatial analysis are computed in order to underline territorial control and supply strategies in an area well known for its density of its fortified settlements, extremely rich soils and abundance of salt springs
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hal-01066422 , version 1 (19-09-2014)

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Robin Brigand, Olivier Weller. Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement patterns in central Moldavia (Romania). Documenta Praehistorica, 2013, 40, pp.195-207. ⟨10.4312/dp.40.15⟩. ⟨hal-01066422⟩
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