Cucuteni Archaeological Site Museum

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Name:
Cucuteni Archaeological Site Museum
General profile:
Main profile:
Archaeology
Collection(s):

The "in situ" construction protecting a princely tomb from the 4th - 3rd centuries BC shelters also local history elements, as well as windows with original archaeological finds dating to the Cucuteni culture period. Located in the north end of the village of Cucuteni, on Gosan Hill, in the location of "La pietrărie", the Daco-Getic tumular cemetery dates to the 4th century BC and has eight tumuli (burial mounds). Three of them were systematically excavated by archaeologists, the largest of them (mound no. 2, 3.30 m high and 35 m in diameter) being protected by a special construction raised in 1984, upon the centenary of the discovery of the Cucuteni culture. The mou...nd shelters a kind of stone precinct, round in shape, having an access path in the south-east part. Within the precinct we uncovered four cremation tombs, a main one for which the mound was raised and three secondary ones. The construction of the edifice (without supporting pillars) sheltering the mound makes it possible to view the cut tumulus fully.


County:
Iaşi
Locality:
Cucuteni
Commune:
Cucuteni
Postal code:
707150
Access:
Road Iaşi - Paşcani
Time table:
Wednesday - Sunday: 10:00 - 17:00;
Moday Tuesday closed; closed during winter ( November-1 March)
Administrative subordination:
Ministry of Culture
Importance:
National
Founded:
1974
Museum code:
69465011
Director:
Andrei Apreotesei
Contact person:
Rodica Radu
Position:
Şef secţie
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