Archaeological and geomorphological contexts of prehistoric flint scatters at Poiana, Lower Danube Valley, Teleorman County: results and wider significance

Mills, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5748-0613, Mirea, Pavel, Macklin, Mark and Pannett, Amelia 2024. Archaeological and geomorphological contexts of prehistoric flint scatters at Poiana, Lower Danube Valley, Teleorman County: results and wider significance. Buletinul Muzeului Judeţean Teleorman 15 , pp. 21-58.

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Abstract

This paper presents preliminary results of combined archaeological and geomorphological investigation of prehistoric flint scatters around Poiana village located in a major alluvial basin of the Lower Danube Valley between Turnu Măgurele and Zimnicea in southern Teleorman County. Archaeological research has identified and mapped recently discovered flint scatters and provides consideration of the landscape contexts and analyses of the worked pieces. Important amongst the material is the high proportion of cores including single platform conical and sub-conical shaped ‘bullet’ cores. Fluvial geomorphological studies included field surveys, as well as interpretative geomorphological mapping, followed by excavation of test pits and OSL dating of sediment samples. This has enabled a mapping and zoning of local valley floor topography as well as an understanding of Holocene and Late Pleistocene geomorphological processes within the basin around Poiana that provides a landscape context to the location and distribution of flint scatters, alongside initial radiometric dating. The combined research is placed in the broader context of early-mid Holocene archaeology in the Lower Danube valley and the wider region.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GB Physical geography
ISSN:	2065-5290
Funders:	The Society of Antiquaries of London, Cardiff University, Lincoln Centre of Water and Planetary Health, University of Lincoln, Muzeul Judeţean Teleorman
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	4 March 2024
Date of Acceptance:	9 January 2024
Last Modified:	12 Mar 2024 11:31
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/166821

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