The Hamangia culture began around 5250/5200 BC and lasted until around 4550/4500 BC. It was absorbed by the expanding Boian culture in its transition towards the Gumelnița culture.[2] Its cultural links with Anatolia suggest that it was the result of a recent settlement by people from Anatolia, unlike the neighbouring cultures, which appear descended from earlier Neolithic settlement.[3]
Artedit
The Hamangia culture attracted and attracts the attention of many art historians because of its exceptional clay figures.
Potteryedit
Painted vessels with complex geometrical patterns based on spiral-motifs are typical. The shapes include: bowls and cylindric glasses (most of them with arched walls). They are decorated with dots, straight parallel lines and zig-zags, which make Hamangia pottery very original.
Figurinesedit
Pottery figurines are normally extremely stylized and show standing naked faceless women with emphasized breasts and buttocks. Two figurines known as "The Thinker of Cernavodă" and "The Sitting woman" are considered masterpieces of Neolithic art.
Galleryedit
Life-sized clay head, c. 4500 BC
Male figurine, "The Thinker"
Female figurine, "The Sitting Woman"
Pottery
Figurines
Anthropomorphic pottery
Figurine
Settlementsedit
Durankulak settlementDurankulak, stone foundations
Settlements consist of rectangular houses with one or two rooms, built of wattle and daub, sometimes with stone foundations (in Durankulak). They are normally arranged on a rectangular grid and may form small tells. Settlements are located along the coast, on the coast of lakes, on lower or middle river terraces.
Important sitesedit
The Durankulak lake settlement, now Archaeological Complex Durankulak, commenced on a small island, approximately 7000 BC and around 4700/4600 BC the stone architecture was already in general use and became a characteristic phenomenon that was unique in Europe.
Cernavodă, the necropolis where the famous statues "The Thinker" and "The Sitting Woman" were discovered
The eponymous site of Baia-Hamangia, discovered in 1953 along Lake Golovița, close to the Black Sea coast, in the Romanian province of Dobrogea.
Inhumationedit
Burial at the Durankulak necropolis
Crouched or extended inhumation in cemeteries. Grave-goods tend to be without pottery in Hamangia I. Grave-goods include flint, worked shells, bone tools and shell-ornaments.
^Dumitru Berciu, Cultura Hamangia. București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România (1966).
^Vladimir Slavchev, Monuments of the final phase of Cultures Hamangia and Savia on the territory of Bulgaria, Revista Pontica vols. 37-38 (2004-2005), pp. 9-20.
^M. Nica, Unitate şi diversitate în culturile neolitice de la dunărea de jos = Unity and diversity of Neolithic cultures along the lower Danube, Revista Pontica vol. 30 (1997), pp. 105-116.
External linksedit
Media related to Hamangia culture at Wikimedia Commons HAMANGIA CULTURE – DEVELOPMENT AND OVERVIEW
February 16, 2024
hamangia, culture, late, neolithic, archaeological, culture, dobruja, romania, bulgaria, between, danube, black, muntenia, south, named, after, site, baia, hamangia, discovered, 1952, along, golovița, lake, horizonold, europeperiodneolithic, chalcolithicdatesc. The Hamangia culture is a Late Neolithic archaeological culture of Dobruja Romania and Bulgaria between the Danube and the Black Sea and Muntenia in the south It is named after the site of Baia Hamangia discovered in 1952 along Golovița Lake 1 Hamangia cultureHorizonOld EuropePeriodNeolithic ChalcolithicDatescirca 5250 BC circa 4 500 BCType siteDurankulakPreceded byKaranovo culture Starcevo cultureFollowed byVarna culture Boian culture Gumelnița cultureSee also Old Europe archaeology Contents 1 Genesis and successor 2 Art 2 1 Pottery 2 2 Figurines 3 Gallery 4 Settlements 5 Important sites 6 Inhumation 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksGenesis and successor edit nbsp Hamangia potteryThe Hamangia culture began around 5250 5200 BC and lasted until around 4550 4500 BC It was absorbed by the expanding Boian culture in its transition towards the Gumelnița culture 2 Its cultural links with Anatolia suggest that it was the result of a recent settlement by people from Anatolia unlike the neighbouring cultures which appear descended from earlier Neolithic settlement 3 Art editThe Hamangia culture attracted and attracts the attention of many art historians because of its exceptional clay figures Pottery edit Painted vessels with complex geometrical patterns based on spiral motifs are typical The shapes include bowls and cylindric glasses most of them with arched walls They are decorated with dots straight parallel lines and zig zags which make Hamangia pottery very original Figurines edit Pottery figurines are normally extremely stylized and show standing naked faceless women with emphasized breasts and buttocks Two figurines known as The Thinker of Cernavodă and The Sitting woman are considered masterpieces of Neolithic art Gallery edit nbsp Life sized clay head c 4500 BC nbsp Male figurine The Thinker nbsp Female figurine The Sitting Woman nbsp Pottery nbsp Figurines nbsp Anthropomorphic pottery nbsp FigurineSettlements edit nbsp Durankulak settlement nbsp Durankulak stone foundationsSettlements consist of rectangular houses with one or two rooms built of wattle and daub sometimes with stone foundations in Durankulak They are normally arranged on a rectangular grid and may form small tells Settlements are located along the coast on the coast of lakes on lower or middle river terraces Important sites editThe Durankulak lake settlement now Archaeological Complex Durankulak commenced on a small island approximately 7000 BC and around 4700 4600 BC the stone architecture was already in general use and became a characteristic phenomenon that was unique in Europe Cernavodă the necropolis where the famous statues The Thinker and The Sitting Woman were discovered The eponymous site of Baia Hamangia discovered in 1953 along Lake Golovița close to the Black Sea coast in the Romanian province of Dobrogea Inhumation edit nbsp Burial at the Durankulak necropolisCrouched or extended inhumation in cemeteries Grave goods tend to be without pottery in Hamangia I Grave goods include flint worked shells bone tools and shell ornaments See also editCucuteni Trypillia culture Cycladic art History of Bulgaria Old Europe Prehistoric art Prehistory of Southeastern Europe Prehistoric Romania Varna culture Vinca culture List of Stone Age artReferences edit Dumitru Berciu Cultura Hamangia București Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste Romania 1966 Vladimir Slavchev Monuments of the final phase of Cultures Hamangia and Savia on the territory of Bulgaria Revista Pontica vols 37 38 2004 2005 pp 9 20 M Nica Unitate si diversitate in culturile neolitice de la dunărea de jos Unity and diversity of Neolithic cultures along the lower Danube Revista Pontica vol 30 1997 pp 105 116 External links edit nbsp Media related to Hamangia culture at Wikimedia Commons HAMANGIA CULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND OVERVIEW Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hamangia culture amp oldid 1175482172, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
