A newly-discovered stone pendant from the Upper Palaeolithic of Poiana Cireșului-Piatra Neamț (Romania) and its wider context

In 2022, a stone pendant was recovered from the Upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian I) level of Poiana Cireșului-Piatra Neamț, Romania. Dating to ∼24,096-22992cal. BP, it is made on an oval-shaped quartz/quartzite pebble of 29mm maximum dimensions. It bears 11 discrete incisions around its circumference,...

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Published in:Anthropologie (Paris) Vol. 128; no. 4; p. 103282
Main Authors: Cârciumaru, Marin, Nițu, Elena-Cristina, Otte, Marcel, Pettitt, Paul, Cîrstina, Ovidiu, Leu, Marian, Lupu, Florin-Ionuț, Ghiță, Horia
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Masson SAS 01-11-2024
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Summary:In 2022, a stone pendant was recovered from the Upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian I) level of Poiana Cireșului-Piatra Neamț, Romania. Dating to ∼24,096-22992cal. BP, it is made on an oval-shaped quartz/quartzite pebble of 29mm maximum dimensions. It bears 11 discrete incisions around its circumference, and a perforation to allow for suspension. Unlike other known Gravettian pendants from the Romanian sites of Mitoc-Malul Galben, the Cioarei-Boroșteni cave and additional items from Poiana Cireșului-Piatra Neamț, this pendant bears no decoration on either face, and the incisions on its circumference are superficial and hardly visible, adding to the picture of variability of Eastern European personal ornamentation. We present it here, discussing its significance as part of a chronologically and regionally constrained visual symbol in Eastern Europe during the 24th millennium BP. En 2022, une pendeloque en pierre a été découverte sur le site de Poiana Cireșului dans le niveau Paléolithique Supérieur (Gravettien I). Datée de±24.096-22.992cal. BP, elle est faite d’un galet ovale en quartz /quartzite de 29mm en dimension maximum. Elle porte 11 fines incisions sur la périphérie, et une perforation destinée à la suspension. Contrairement aux pendeloques connues pour le Gravettien des sites roumains de Mitoc-Malul Galben, de la grotte de Ciorei-Boresteni et d’autres provenant de Poiana Ciresului-Piatra Neamt, cette pendeloque ne porte pas de décoration sur les deux faces, et les incisions en périphérie sont superficielles et difficiles à observer, ajoutant ainsi une image de la variabilité dans les décorations personnelles en Europe Orientale. Nous commentons ici son importance en tant que symbole visuel dans un cadre régional et chronologique de l’Europe Orientale au cours du 24e millénaire BP.
ISSN:0003-5521
DOI:10.1016/j.anthro.2024.103282