Interdisciplinarity Research in Archaeology: Proceedings of the First Arheoinvest Congress, 10-11 June 2011, Iasi, Romania (Bar S)

Contents: GEOARCHAEOLOGY: Robin Brigand, Olivier Weller : Natural resources and settlements dynamics during Later Prehistory in Central Moldavia (Romania). An integrated GIS for spatial archaeological studies; C?t?lin Bem, Andrei As?ndulesei, Carmen BEM, Felix-Adrian Tencariu, Vasile Cotiug?, ?tefan Caliniuc: Identity in diversity: photogrammetry, 3D laser scanning and magnetometric analysis of Gumelni?a tells from Muntenia (Romania); Constantin Hait?: Micromorphological analysis of anthropic sequences from tell settlements in Muntenia and Dobrogea (Southern Romania); Constantin Preoteasa: Timber harvesting for construction purposes and the human impact on the natural environment in the Precucuteni–Cucuteni–Tripolye cultural complex; Otis Crandell: Lithic sources available to prehistoric populations in the Banat region, Romania; Vasile Budui, Bogdan Petru Niculic?: The Komariv community from Adancata, Suceava County. The evaluation of the habitation conditions ; Ion Niculi??, Vasile Cotiug?, Aurel Zanoci, Andrei As?ndulesei, Mihail B??, Gheorghe Romanescu, Felix-Adrian Tencariu, Radu Balaur, Cristi Nicu, ?tefan Caliniuc: Magnetometric prospections in the Thraco-Getae fortress from Saharna Mare, Rezina district, Republic of Moldova; Lucian Amon: Topography in support of archaeology, at Romula; BIOARCHAEOLOGY: Corneliu Beldiman, Diana-Maria Sztancs: Remarks on some Neo-Aeneolithic adornments made of osseous materials from Transylvania, Romania; Simina Stanc, Lumini?a Bejenaru: Economic role of pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) in settlements of Eastern and South-Eastern Romania during the past two millennia; Angela Simalcsik, Vasilica-Monica Groza, Georgeta Miu, Robert-Daniel Simalcsik: The osteo-biography of a skeletal series from the medieval necropolis discovered in Br?ila, 2 Rosetti St (14th–18th centuries): Vasilica-Monica Groza, Georgeta Miu, Angela Simalcsik: Data on the demographic structure and longevity of the medieval population of Ia?i (the necropolis from the eastern part of the Princely Court, 17th century); ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY: Felix-Adrian Tencariu: Ceramic ethnoarchaeology: concepts, possibilities, limits; Dan Buzea: The exploitation of rock salt with using wooden “troughs”. An archaeological experiment conducted at Beclean–B?ile Figa (Bistri?a-N?s?ud County, Romania) in 2010; Ovidiu Cotoi: The Cucutenian painted pottery. An archaeological experiment at Cucuteni (Ia?i County, Romania); Paula Maz?re, ?tefan Lipot, Alin C?dan: Experimental study on the use of perishable fibre structures in Neolithic and Eneolithic pottery; Carmen Marian: Needle looped textiles—archaeology and ethnography; Loredana Ni??-B?l??escu, Mircea Anghelinu, Monica M?rg?rit: Stone tools of present-day hunter-gatherers communities and the Paleolithic lithic technology: chronicle of an endless variability?; Carmen Olgu?a Rogobete: Development of traditional house-building techniques: ancient Orgame and modern Jurilovca; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTEFACTS: Dumitru Boghian, Gheorghe Frunz?, Cornel Suciu, Sorin Ign?tescu: Traceological analysis of a series of lithic chipped tools from the settlement of Fete?ti–La Schit, Adancata Commune, Suceava County, Romania; Diana-M?riuca Vornicu: The use-wear analysis of some knapped stone tools from the Precucuteni settlement of Isaiia–Balta Popii, Ia?i County, Romania; Vasile Cotiug?, Ion Sandu, Viorica Vasilache, Nicolae Ursulescu: Atypical local accumulation of calcium carbonate deposits in prehistoric ceramics during underground lying; Daniela-Afrodita Boldea, Marta Quaranta, Rocco Mazzeo, Mirela Praisler:Combining multi-spectral imaging and portable X-ray fluorescence for a non-invasive characterization of Cucuteni decorative ceramics. I