Ekaterinovka ? single-layer settlement of the Sântana de Mureş-Chernyakhov culture

In 1978, on a single-layer settlement of the Sântana de Mureş-Chernyakhov culture near the village of Ecaterinovca (Cimişlia District) rescue excavations were carried out. On an area of about 1,800 sq. m. there were identi?ed three ground pillar structures, one of which served as a dwelling while the other two were of household destination, a dugout without heating facilities, two storage pits with burnt walls, garbage pits, many pits of poles, as well as a remote wattle-and-daub frame oven. In one of the storage pits there were found ?ve whole vessels: three large seed vessels with the remnants of charred millet, a massive wide-necked red-?gure amphora with ?uted body and helmet bottom, and a narrow-necked gray-clay single-handed jug. The range of ?ne and cooking ware is common for sites of this culture. Fragments of rough and smooth gray wheel-made pottery prevail; there are fragments of amphorae made of red clay and light-colored clay. The percentage of hand-modeled ceramics is negligible. There were found individual objects made of clay, iron, stone, bone, glass, and bronze. Based on the dating of the widenecked amphora and a bronze ?bula the Ecaterinovca settlement dates back to the 4th century.