# Turdaș · Place

> Neolithic settlement on the Mureș in Hunedoara County, Romania, where Zsófia Torma collected the first incised signs from 1875; name-site of the…

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# Turdaș (Tordos)

Neolithic settlement on the Mureș in Hunedoara County, Romania, where Zsófia Torma collected the first incised signs from 1875; name-site of the Vinča-Turdaș group.

[The Vinča signs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs)[1 event][1 source][45.8530° N, 23.1230° E]

Turdaș is a site in the record of Vinča signs, placed to about 1 km.

One event happened here: Zsófia Torma begins collecting incised pottery at Turdaș, 1875.

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Placed from Wikipedia article Turdaș (45.853, 23.123) · Placed to about 1 km

## In the mysteries

**The Vinča signs**

1 event

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs)

## What happened here 1

1875[Zsófia Torma begins collecting incised pottery at Turdaș](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/events/EVT0DEDSN4MANPZ/zsofia-torma-begins-collecting-incised-pottery-at-turdas)

with [Zsófia Torma](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDQ2FB7X54/zsofia-torma)

## Nearby within 500 km

[Tărtăria (Gura Luncii)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDP7VJXX76/tartaria-gura-luncii)

site

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[National Museum of Transylvanian History, Cluj-Napoca](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDPGD365N2/national-museum-of-transylvanian-history-cluj-napoca)

museum

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[Vinča-Belo Brdo](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDP83Q6R4X/vinca-belo-brdo)

site

230 km SW

[National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDPHB7WC05/national-museum-of-serbia-belgrade)

museum

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[Gradešnica](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDP8SBZ5PW/gradesnica)

site

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[Regional History Museum, Vratsa](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDPGSADVJB/regional-history-museum-vratsa)

museum

296 km S

## People 1

[ZT

**Zsófia Torma**

](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDQ2FB7X54/zsofia-torma)

## Sources 1

[Pre-writing in Southeastern Europe: The Sign System of the Vinča Culture, ca. 4000 B.C.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKP9499A0/pre-writing-in-southeastern-europe-the-sign-system-of-the)

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Turdaș (Tordos) [Place PLC0DEDP8EPHHFC]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDP8EPHHFC
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Key

**PLC** 0DEDP8EPHHFC

Record

Place

Kind

Site

Position

45.8530° N, 23.1230° E

Precision

About 1 km

Placed from

Wikipedia article Turdaș (45.853, 23.123)

Version

1

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