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Stop 9Room 2: the painted vessels
The amphora with animal figures from Poduri
On this amphora from Poduri, the craftsman painted animals. You can see them running around the vessel, with long bodies, slender legs and raised tails. In the Cucuteni B phase such images become increasingly common.
- Period
- Cucuteni B (c. 3850–3500 BC)
- Material
- Painted pottery
- Where it is
- Room 2: the painted vessels, ground floor
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On this amphora from Poduri, the craftsman painted animals. You can see them running around the vessel, with long bodies, slender legs and raised tails. In the Cucuteni B phase such images become increasingly common.
Studies of the bones found at Poduri show that its inhabitants knew at least 27 species of mammals, most of them domestic: cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. Hunting added deer and wild boar to the diet. The Cucuteni people were farmers and herders, and animals were part of their daily lives as well as their religious imagination.
Look how dynamic the drawing is: a few lines are enough to suggest speed. Compare this amphora with the one next to it, painted with human figures. Together, the two vessels show us what mattered to this community: people, and the animals on which their survival depended.