The Relations of the Cruceni-Belegiš Culture with the Zuto Brdo–Gârla Mare Culture

Abstract

The archaeological investigations concerning the Bronze Age withinthe area of the Middle and Lower Danube demonstrated the existence of anethnical-cultural complex characterized through a series of commonelements that suggest the relationship among the different ethnical-culturalmanifestations within this area. The main common denominator is theceramics whose ornamentation consists in motifs executed throughprinting, incision, notches and successive stitches. The motifs were inlayedwith white substance. The funerary common ritual, respectively thecremation, the anthropomorphical statues, the bird-shaped representationsand the clay little bells suggest similar religious beliefs.