Cetatea Ardud. Repere istorice și arheologice / Erdőd Vára. Történeti és régészeti adatok / Ardud Fortress. Historical and Archaeological Data (original) (raw)
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Despite the fact that the fortif cation in Sântana-Cetatea Veche has been known since the 18th century and various local scholars have taken a direct interest in the site, the f rst excavations only started much later. T e fortif cation was correctly attributed to the Bronze Age only in the second half of the 20th century. Until then, those interested in the issue of the great fortif cations in Banat believed that the ramparts had been constructed during the Avar Period. New research on the fortif cation in Sântana was initiated in 2008. T e northern side of the third fortif cation system was tested in 2009, and its construction system was documented on that occasion. T e fortif cation system in question consisted of an earthen rampart, a wall made of wood and clay built upon the crest of the rampart, and a defense ditch. At the same time we noted that the erection of the earthen rampart had disturbed a cemetery in use in that area. T e present article focuses on the dating of the third system of fortif cation excavated in 2009 and on the presentation of the contexts from which radiocarbon data have been collected. T e results indicate that the cemetery disturbed by the construction of the fortif cation was used at the end of the 15th century BC and that the fortif cation was certainly in use during the 14th century BC.
The archaeological research of the 10th–11th century Moldova is really backward for many reasons. For this reason, in this paper could only aim to set up a chronological order of the finds. The relative chronological system used in the Carpathian Basin and in parts of Bulgaria and in some aspects in whole Central-Eastern Europe is to be applied to the finds from Moldova, which has certain limitations and poses certain threats, but at the moment we cannot see a better point to start from. On the base of the relative chronological system used in other regions in the Eastern Europe we can classification the funerary places and the stray finds in 3 chronological groups. However, we have to emphasize that the funerary places/graves have been found in Eastern Moldova and the axes as stray finds, in the largest quantities, were found in Western Moldova. What does this archaeological data base mean? Does it indicate a difference in life style or manifestation a cultural difference? These are the great questions of the research in the future.
QUAESTIONES PRAEHISTORICAE. Studia in Honorem Professoris Vasile Chirica, 2018
Our interest for the antiquities of the Late Iron Age in the East Carpathian Region of Romania has determined us to organise a number of field surveys on the teritory of Iași County. Trough the present study we aim to present a new and possibly very important archaeologicall objective that we discovered in September 2017, the fortress of Todirel - Dealul Bobeica. The fort is located on a hill that offers a good viewshed. It was defended on the north-eastern side by two ditches and a possible rampart, while on the southern side it is defended by a larger ditch. The archaeologicall material that we recovered from the surface - including fragments from a Heracleea Dresel 2-4 type amphora and an iron brooch- suggest a dating during the Ist century BC and the beginning of the next, in the classical period of Ancient Dacia. In the Moldavian Plateau, there are very few archaeological sites with materials from this period and they are mostly concentrated towards the Siret valley. However, at Dumbrava and possibly at Ciurea are a number of settlements that could date from the same period; more importantly, they are located less then a few kilometers away from the Todirel fortress.