Iulia Iliescu
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of History, University of Bucharest, Department of Ancient History, Archaeology and History of Art.
Research Assistant at the Faculty of History, University of Bucharest.
PhD Student at the Faculty of History, University of Bucharest, with a research underway on the Late Roman pottery discovered at Istros.
Member of the research team excavating on the archaeological site of Istros (Constanța County), on the Acropolis Centre-South Sector.
Research Assistant at the Faculty of History, University of Bucharest.
PhD Student at the Faculty of History, University of Bucharest, with a research underway on the Late Roman pottery discovered at Istros.
Member of the research team excavating on the archaeological site of Istros (Constanța County), on the Acropolis Centre-South Sector.
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Empire″ and ″Danube Limes″ have included the Lower Danube region in activities connected to the international research framework, but as the names imply, they focused on settlements and fortifications on the frontier, thus neglecting inland settlements, still as important for understanding the past.
In our paper we wish to preview the Beidaud Archaeological Microzone, situated in the Romanian Dobruja, and discuss common problems and potential, taking into account the achievements, as well as future plans for the project implemented by the University of Bucharest and the ″Gavrilă
Simion″ Eco-Museum Research Institute of Tulcea.
This archaeological microzone would be especially fit for being introduced in the tourist circuit, as the archaeological sites that compose it pertain to different historical periods (Greek and Roman) and are intrinsically connected to the natural landscape that defined them and, at the same time, was shaped by the human settlements. Therefore, it would be a very relevant example, with a fortified settlement and a rural one, both connected to the area’s commercial and agricultural potential and, moreover, supported by all the area’s resources.
excavations were carried out in two of the trenches located
in the southern part of the complex – SXIX/14 and SXX/16
– to unearth the constructive elements pertaining to Roman
building II that was identified in the previous campaigns (pl.
I). For a clearer view of this building’s planimetry, it was
excavated the stratigraphic baulk between the two sections
(Pl. II-III). As a result, the structures belonging to this building
– the walls (Z24, Z25 and Z26) delimiting the rooms W1
and W2 (pl. IV), but also the southern enclosure wall (Z21)
(pl. V/1-2) – were better observed to be investigated in the
following campaigns. Both the stratigraphic baulk and the
trenches lead to the discovery of numerous archaeological
materials of Modern (Pl. VII/1-3), Late Medieval (16th – 17th
centuries) (pl. VII/4-7) and especially Roman period (the
end of the 2nd century – the first three quarters of the 3rd
century AD) (pl. VIII-IX).
Moreover, in this period were continued the
interdisciplinary research on the southern and eastern sides
of the site (photogrammetry, ERT, DEM, 3D modelling) (see
below), as well as the 3D scanning of the objects discovered
within the praetorium consularis; all the data was processed
and added to the site’s database to be used for the future
archaeological monograph and the site’s valorisation.
The 2020 archaeological campaign benefited also
from a detailed 3D photogrammetric documentation, from
UAV (context) and close range (details). The products
generated were georeferenced and consisted mainly
in highly detailed orthophotomosaics for the site and
excavation unit (ground plan and profiles) as well as digital
elevation models, all in very high resolution, under 1 cm/
pixel. A series of 20 artifacts were also digitized in 3D, using
a structured light metrological grade industrial scanner (0.05
mm resolution), the resulting 3D models being published on
the MNUAI virtual museum.
Sector – overall more than 500 pottery sherds; but here we will discuss only the imported material, especially decorated pottery.
Concerning the areas of import, Phocaean red slip is by far the most widespread tableware category, followed by African red
slip in a smaller percentage, and by Pontic red slip. Generally, decorative techniques, motifs used and their arrangement on the
vessels can help in establishing typological frameworks and, on this basis, precise details about chronology or origin. Moreover,
the presence of imported tableware in Histria can suggest important details concerning the preferred direction of trade in
Scythia during the Late Roman period.
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Empire″ and ″Danube Limes″ have included the Lower Danube region in activities connected to the international research framework, but as the names imply, they focused on settlements and fortifications on the frontier, thus neglecting inland settlements, still as important for understanding the past.
In our paper we wish to preview the Beidaud Archaeological Microzone, situated in the Romanian Dobruja, and discuss common problems and potential, taking into account the achievements, as well as future plans for the project implemented by the University of Bucharest and the ″Gavrilă
Simion″ Eco-Museum Research Institute of Tulcea.
This archaeological microzone would be especially fit for being introduced in the tourist circuit, as the archaeological sites that compose it pertain to different historical periods (Greek and Roman) and are intrinsically connected to the natural landscape that defined them and, at the same time, was shaped by the human settlements. Therefore, it would be a very relevant example, with a fortified settlement and a rural one, both connected to the area’s commercial and agricultural potential and, moreover, supported by all the area’s resources.
excavations were carried out in two of the trenches located
in the southern part of the complex – SXIX/14 and SXX/16
– to unearth the constructive elements pertaining to Roman
building II that was identified in the previous campaigns (pl.
I). For a clearer view of this building’s planimetry, it was
excavated the stratigraphic baulk between the two sections
(Pl. II-III). As a result, the structures belonging to this building
– the walls (Z24, Z25 and Z26) delimiting the rooms W1
and W2 (pl. IV), but also the southern enclosure wall (Z21)
(pl. V/1-2) – were better observed to be investigated in the
following campaigns. Both the stratigraphic baulk and the
trenches lead to the discovery of numerous archaeological
materials of Modern (Pl. VII/1-3), Late Medieval (16th – 17th
centuries) (pl. VII/4-7) and especially Roman period (the
end of the 2nd century – the first three quarters of the 3rd
century AD) (pl. VIII-IX).
Moreover, in this period were continued the
interdisciplinary research on the southern and eastern sides
of the site (photogrammetry, ERT, DEM, 3D modelling) (see
below), as well as the 3D scanning of the objects discovered
within the praetorium consularis; all the data was processed
and added to the site’s database to be used for the future
archaeological monograph and the site’s valorisation.
The 2020 archaeological campaign benefited also
from a detailed 3D photogrammetric documentation, from
UAV (context) and close range (details). The products
generated were georeferenced and consisted mainly
in highly detailed orthophotomosaics for the site and
excavation unit (ground plan and profiles) as well as digital
elevation models, all in very high resolution, under 1 cm/
pixel. A series of 20 artifacts were also digitized in 3D, using
a structured light metrological grade industrial scanner (0.05
mm resolution), the resulting 3D models being published on
the MNUAI virtual museum.
Sector – overall more than 500 pottery sherds; but here we will discuss only the imported material, especially decorated pottery.
Concerning the areas of import, Phocaean red slip is by far the most widespread tableware category, followed by African red
slip in a smaller percentage, and by Pontic red slip. Generally, decorative techniques, motifs used and their arrangement on the
vessels can help in establishing typological frameworks and, on this basis, precise details about chronology or origin. Moreover,
the presence of imported tableware in Histria can suggest important details concerning the preferred direction of trade in
Scythia during the Late Roman period.
Fautores International Association, which took place at Cluj-Napoca, between September 23rd and 30th, 2018. The theme of the exhibition –
‘The supply of ceramic goods in Dacia and Lower Moesia: imports and local developments’ was intended to be close to the theme of the mentioned Congress, which revolves around the supply of pottery products across the Roman Empire.
The purpose of the exhibition was to offer an image as complete/ comprehensive as possible over the diversity of the imports and espe- cially over the local production of pottery centres from the two provinces that once existed on the territory of Romania during the Roman period.
If the ‘Atlas of the Pottery Workshops from the Roman Provinces of Dacia and Lower Moesia/Scythia Minor (1st-7th Centuries AD)’(I), a volume which precedes and completes the current exhibition, focused on documenting in detail the local production, the exhibition aimed to also include a part of the most cogent pottery products that arrived by means of trade in the two provinces from various areas of the Roman Empire. In this way, by comparing and visualising a number of over 1000 artifacts originating from representative centres in Dacia and Moesia
Inferior/ Scythia Minor, one can more easily observe the common aspects, the relative uniformity of the ceramic forms produced here, but
also the differences/ characteristics/ peculiarities of some production centres from certain areas, as well as the complementarity of their products.
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project that could only be brought to a successful conclusion with the combined effort of the entire community of Roman pottery specialists from Romania. The hosting of the 31st International Congress of the Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores in Romania in 2018 represented the ideal opportunity for the implementation of this project whose main goal is to particularize the pottery production within the above mentioned two provinces in the wider context of the ceramic industry across the entire Empire.