Pages: 73-79

Basing on a compact analysis of the Precucuteni dwellings’ construction, evolution of ceramics, anthropomorphic representations and funerary rites, the author finds inappropriate the term of „Precucuteni culture”, spread in Romanian archaeology, pointing rather to a linear evolution between Precucuteni and Cucuteni A stages. Thus, Precucuteni is rather a distinctive chronological horizon within Precucuteni-Ariuşd-Cucuteni/Trypolie Cultural Complex, with three evolutionary phases. Consequently, this article brings arguments in favour of using the term „Precucuteni chronological horizon” as part of Precucuteni-Ariuşd-Cucuteni/Trypolie Cultural Complex, which corresponds, generally, to phase Trypolie A (according to Passek’s periodization).

Keywords: Precucuteni, Cucuteni A, chronological horizon.

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Constantin-Emil Ursu (Suceava, Romania). Bucovina Museum. 1 Stefan cel Mare St., 33, Suceava, 72003, Romania
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