# Tărtăria · Place > Neolithic settlement on the Mureș in Alba County, Transylvania, where Nicolae Vlassa found the three inscribed tablets in 1961. In The Vinča signs. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDP7VJXX76/tartaria-gura-luncii Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Places](https://mysteriesdept.com/places)Tărtăria Place · site · in 1 mystery # Tărtăria (Gura Luncii) Neolithic settlement on the Mureș in Alba County, Transylvania, where Nicolae Vlassa found the three inscribed tablets in 1961. [The Vinča signs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs)[2 events][1 source][45.9350° N, 23.4350° E] Tărtăria is a site in the record of Vinča signs, placed to about 1 km. Two events on the site happened here, between 5299 and 1961: A woman is buried with figurines in a pit at Tărtăria; her bones date to 5370 to 5140 cal BC, and later Nicolae Vlassa finds the three Tărtăria tablets. Written from the site's records. [Improve it](https://mysteriesdept.com/developers) Placed from Village of Tărtăria, Săliștea commune, Alba County, from gazetteer coordinates; the Gura Luncii site lies on the Mureș terrace at the village edge · Placed to about 1 km ## In the mysteries **The Vinča signs** 2 events [The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs) [When were the Tărtăria tablets made, and are they genuine Neolithic objects from the pit Vlassa described?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/questions/QST0DEDW337CVM0/when-were-the-tartaria-tablets-made-and-are-they-genuine)Open: 4 answers, none ahead [Were the Tărtăria tablets fired in antiquity or only after their discovery in 1961?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/questions/QST0DEDWAJYJ4J4/were-the-tartaria-tablets-fired-in-antiquity-or-only-after)No evidence yet: No evidence yet ## What happened here 2 -5299[A woman is buried with figurines in a pit at Tărtăria; her bones date to 5370 to 5140 cal BC](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/events/EVT0DEDSKXK160R/a-woman-is-buried-with-figurines-in-a-pit-at-tartaria-her) 1961[Nicolae Vlassa finds the three Tărtăria tablets](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/events/EVT0DEDSPZ6DQAA/nicolae-vlassa-finds-the-three-tartaria-tablets) with [Nicolae Vlassa](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDQ3SB0RYY/nicolae-vlassa) ## Nearby within 500 km [Turdaș (Tordos)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDP8EPHHFC/turdas-tordos) site 26 km W [National Museum of Transylvanian History, Cluj-Napoca](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDPGD365N2/national-museum-of-transylvanian-history-cluj-napoca) museum 94 km N [Vinča-Belo Brdo](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDP83Q6R4X/vinca-belo-brdo) site 256 km SW [National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDPHB7WC05/national-museum-of-serbia-belgrade) museum 264 km SW [Gradešnica](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDP8SBZ5PW/gradesnica) site 273 km S [Regional History Museum, Vratsa](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDPGSADVJB/regional-history-museum-vratsa) museum 304 km S ## People 1 [NV **Nicolae Vlassa** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDQ3SB0RYY/nicolae-vlassa) ## Sources 1 [New Archaeological Data Refering to Tărtăria Tablets](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKQ0N6N8Z/new-archaeological-data-refering-to-tartaria-tablets) SRC ## Cite it ``` Mysteries Department. (2026). Tărtăria (Gura Luncii) [Place PLC0DEDP7VJXX76]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDP7VJXX76 ``` Key **PLC** 0DEDP7VJXX76 Record Place Kind Site Position 45.9350° N, 23.4350° E Precision About 1 km Placed from Village of Tărtăria, Săliștea commune, Alba County, from gazetteer coordinates; the Gura Luncii site lies on the Mureș terrace at the village edge Version 1 Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) **How this page is made.** The position and its precision are the record's, checked against OpenStreetMap and Wikidata; the map is drawn from Natural Earth. Everything else is the site's own record of what happened here. Six other places on the site lie within 500 km. The record Every record is open data. Take this one as JSON, with its links and its history. [JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/api/v1/records/PLC0DEDP7VJXX76)