Considerations on the Origin of the Briquetage Vessels

Abstract

The paper aims at proving that the briquetage vessels found in the inventory of some Cucuteni sites, near the salty springs in the Sub- Carpathian region of Moldavia, should be related to the presence of the steppe population, bearers of the Cucuteni C pottery. The argumentation is based on the analysis of the archeological contexts from Solca-Slatina Mare, Lunca-Poiana Slatinii, Cacica, Ţolici-Hălăbutoaia sites where the fragments of briquetage vessels always appear in association with the Cucuteni C pottery present in big quantities. This conclusion calls for new explanations and details regarding the relationships between the Cucuteni population and the shepherds in the north of the Black-Sea steppes.