Journal Analele Banatului N.S. Archaeology-History

Adina Boroneanț

Kath McSweeney

Clive Bonsall

Schela Cladovei 1982 – A Supplement to the Original Excavation Report of Vasile Boroneanț

Jan. 1, 2014

Abstract

Schela Cladovei is one of the most important Mesolithic–Neolithic sites in Southeast Europe. It belongs to a group of Stone Age settlements that were discovered ahead of dam construction in the Iron Gates section of the Danube valley in the second half of the twentieth century. It is arguably the only one of these settlements to escape ooding when the river was impounded, although the rise in the river level has led to extensive erosion of the site. However, like most of the sites investigated, published accounts of the excavations at Schela Cladovei are few and lacking in detail. In this paper we review the results of the 1982 season of excavation at Schela Cladovei, directed by Vasile Boroneanț. Our account places emphasis on both the burial remains and the pit and hearth features and is based largely on the original eld notes, plans and photographs of the excavations.