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The Upper Palaeolithic Site of Ciuntu on the Middle Pruth, Moldova: a multidisciplinary study and reinterpretation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

I.A. Borziac ,
Philip Allsworth-Jones ,
Charles French ,
S.I. Medyanik ,
W.J. Rink  and
H.K. Lee
I.A. Borziac
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology and Ancient History of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova, str 31 August 82, 277012 Chisinau, Moldova
Philip Allsworth-Jones
Affiliation:
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3ER
Charles French
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ
S.I. Medyanik
Affiliation:
Institute of Geography of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova, Academiei Str 3, 277028 Chisinau, Moldova
W.J. Rink
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1
H.K. Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1
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Abstract

The Ciuntu rockshelter is situated in the north-western part of the Republic of Moldova, on the left bank of the river Pruth. It has a single Upper Palaeolithic layer of occupation, which was originally regarded as Early Upper Palaeolithic and was assigned to the Brinzeni archaeological culture. More recent investigations, including radiocarbon dating, have led to a revision of this suggested age and classification. The site is now regarded as belonging to the Middle Gravettian and is dated to the beginning of the last glacial maximum.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 63 , 1997 , pp. 285 - 301
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1997

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