Abstract
The Chalcolithic in the Lower Danube area is characterized by a more permanent type of settlement than in the Neolithic, with overlapped levels of dwelling, which resulted from a cyclical process of building, deconstruction and rebuilding in the same places. The expansion of tells could be seen as an improved strategy to live in the wetlands of the Danube and its tributaries, and could be related to social changes visible in the new architecture, with surface houses, ditches and palisades. The case study of the tell on Cascioarele-Ostrovel island describes the multi-phased settlement's life-story in a flood-risk environment and offers a hypothesis for the possible use of palisade as a labor intensive flood defence.
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