THE BRONZE CAULDRON OF PIATRA ȘOIMULUI (CALU) (NEAMȚ COUNTY, ROMANIA). NOTES ON THE DISTRIBUTION, DATING AND USE OF SUCH TYPE CAULDRONS IN THE SARMATIAN ENVIRONMENT
Journal: Journal of Ancient History and Archeology
Year: 2020

We shall discuss here the bronze cauldron discovered in 1932 in the perimeter of the Daco-Getae settlement of Piatra Șoimului (Calu). The vessel was dated by R. Vulpe to the 3rd century AD and the 1st century BC by Gh. Bichir. According to its features, the Piatra Șoimului (Calu) cauldron belongs to type VI, variation 1, subvariation A in S. I. Demidenko’s typology. Although the earliest cauldrons of type VI.1.A come from a series of features of the second half of the 2nd century – end of the 1s