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Analele Banatului XXV 2017, 2017
This paper presents recent discoveries of the Coţofeni culture from the northeast Timiş county, f... more This paper presents recent discoveries of the Coţofeni culture from the northeast Timiş county, from Nemeşeşti, Margina commune (Pl. I/1). The investigations were preventive and took place on the Lugoj – Deva Motorway project. A peripheral area of a Coţofeni settlement was investigated and 19 features (different pits and a dwelling) were discovered. The archaeological inventory consist mainly in very fragmented ceramics and flint cores or chips. Based on the ceramic inventory the Coțofeni features from Nemeșești can be assigned to the Coțofeni 3rd phase.
Acta Musei Porolissensis, 2004
The Dacian period discoveries with a spiritual character are mostly concentrated to the region of... more The Dacian period discoveries with a spiritual character are mostly concentrated to the region of Magura Moigradului and the city of Simleu Silvaniei, with its sites called Observator, Cetate, Uliul cel Mic and downtown. The assembly of discoveries concering these points prove ritual-cultic manifestatios at the dacians whom have lived here. On the territory of Salaj County there were found traces of funeral ritualic practices in the city of Simleu Silvaniei. In 1997 the County Art and History Museum from Zalau provided artifacts that made the museum to open a rescue excavation at Simleu Silvaniei, M. Eminescu Street, no. 12 (Orhegy). Analyzing the found pieces (two belt buckles, the spearhead, knife or sword fragments, fibula, bit ring, applique, melted glass, etc.) made us believe that we are dealing with two dacian incineration graves, unique at this moment in the north-western part of Romania. Human sacrifice rituals were practiced as well, proved by two pits found on Magura Moigradului hill dating from the I st century BC, and another pit found at Simleu Silvaniei which contained the skeleton of a child. The ritualic pits can be found in large numbers, the most of them were discovered at Moigrad and Simleu Silvaniei. The most frequent ones are the pits that contain animal sacrifices or pots with different kinds of spiritual deposits. Besides these, in the bund of the pits were foud pieces that make us believe that the dacians in these regions were practiceing the ritual of fire and furnace, or some sort of agricultural rituals. The cultic dwellings are very rare and difficult to establish and sustain their character. The archeological axcavations made at Simleu Silvaniei - Observator have revealed the traces of a building which may have a cultical character. This building can be considered to be a sanctuary, because of its possible altar. The presence of a ritualic pit with a human skull insede it, can form an argument in the favour of this hypothesis. What concerns the complexes with certain ritualic elements, the term of cultic place can be attributed to Magura Moigradului, place that enetered in the speciality literature due to the ritual-cultic discoveries, and obtained also an initial interpretation that here lies a funerary monument. The points called Cetate, Observator, Uliul cel Mic and the centre of Simleu Silvaniei also gained such a prestige due to the ritualic element discovery. The grat conentration of ritualic elements here can be explained by the existence of traces of a great dacian tribe union, possibily the ancient Dacidava mentioned by Ptolemeus. Analyzing and compareing the discoveries of Salaj Couty with other found in this country, results the fact that the manifesttions with ritual characteristics are similar in all areas they inhabited. Future discoveries will certanly bring several clearences in this domain, too controversed at the present.
Cercetări Arheologice, 2009
Ein frühmittelalterlicher Armband aus Şimleu Silvaniei (Kr. Sălaj)
Acta Musei Porolissensis, 2021
In 1951 the regretted Z. Szekely has published a number of Dacian archaeological objects (weapons... more In 1951 the regretted Z. Szekely has published a number of Dacian archaeological objects (weapons, jewels, pottery, tools, utensils coins) kept by The Regional Museum from Sfântu Gheorghe. Under a certain
title The Dacian Hoard from Simleu Silvaniei, these objects, with a real historical and archaeological value cannot offer us enough arguments concerning the character of the discovery.
Uliul cel Mic hill, where the objects have been discovered, has two different ways of access. From the west side the way is accessible from the lower part the Măgura Șimleului hill. The second was of reaching there is the connection with Măgura Șimleului hill. The second way of reaching is made by a 2–5 m narrow saddle. Having a poor visibility
on Crasna River’s gorge, we could not think about military purposes.
After certain field researches made at the beginning of 2003, there were discovered amounts of rich Dacian special materials (jewelry, tools, weapons made of iron, bronze and silver).
The beginning of a systematical research plan of the complex situated on the Măgura Şimleului hill-Uliul cel Mic, in 2007, solved the chronological problems and the character of the site. Further campaigns (2007–2013) aimed the northern sector of the hill where we discovered the rest of a Dacian metal workshop, set on a configuration of 4 terraces. Among the discoveries made in the area of the workshop is a Roman bronze ring, which bears a gem with the representation of a horse.
Acta Musei Porolissensis, 2015
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title The Dacian Hoard from Simleu Silvaniei, these objects, with a real historical and archaeological value cannot offer us enough arguments concerning the character of the discovery.
Uliul cel Mic hill, where the objects have been discovered, has two different ways of access. From the west side the way is accessible from the lower part the Măgura Șimleului hill. The second was of reaching there is the connection with Măgura Șimleului hill. The second way of reaching is made by a 2–5 m narrow saddle. Having a poor visibility
on Crasna River’s gorge, we could not think about military purposes.
After certain field researches made at the beginning of 2003, there were discovered amounts of rich Dacian special materials (jewelry, tools, weapons made of iron, bronze and silver).
The beginning of a systematical research plan of the complex situated on the Măgura Şimleului hill-Uliul cel Mic, in 2007, solved the chronological problems and the character of the site. Further campaigns (2007–2013) aimed the northern sector of the hill where we discovered the rest of a Dacian metal workshop, set on a configuration of 4 terraces. Among the discoveries made in the area of the workshop is a Roman bronze ring, which bears a gem with the representation of a horse.
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title The Dacian Hoard from Simleu Silvaniei, these objects, with a real historical and archaeological value cannot offer us enough arguments concerning the character of the discovery.
Uliul cel Mic hill, where the objects have been discovered, has two different ways of access. From the west side the way is accessible from the lower part the Măgura Șimleului hill. The second was of reaching there is the connection with Măgura Șimleului hill. The second way of reaching is made by a 2–5 m narrow saddle. Having a poor visibility
on Crasna River’s gorge, we could not think about military purposes.
After certain field researches made at the beginning of 2003, there were discovered amounts of rich Dacian special materials (jewelry, tools, weapons made of iron, bronze and silver).
The beginning of a systematical research plan of the complex situated on the Măgura Şimleului hill-Uliul cel Mic, in 2007, solved the chronological problems and the character of the site. Further campaigns (2007–2013) aimed the northern sector of the hill where we discovered the rest of a Dacian metal workshop, set on a configuration of 4 terraces. Among the discoveries made in the area of the workshop is a Roman bronze ring, which bears a gem with the representation of a horse.