Category Archives: International Conference

01/04/2016International Conference, Newsadmin

Presenting interdisciplinary results on the next level: ESAS 2016

Lately, the XRF and FTIR spectroscopic investigations of iron slag finds from Brâncovenești, Călugăreni and Vătava (mentioned in the previous post) were amended by ICP-OES (inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry) and completed with EPR (electron paramagnetic resonance) analysis.

These new results had to be made public, and we found just the right place for this: the European Symposium on Atomic Spectrometry, held in the beautiful town of Eger, Hungary, between the 31^st of March and the 2^nd of April, 2016. The paper was presented in the form of a poster, by one of our team-members.

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The scale of the conference was quite impressive, uniting around 200 of the top researchers of atomic spectrometry from all over the world.

17/03/2016International Conference, Newsadmin

XXI. International Scientific Conference of Young Engineers

Nothing shows better how interdisciplinary this project is than the fact that some of our colleagues together with chemists and other specialists took part in the XXI. International Scientific Conference of Young Engineers, held in Cluj-Napoca, on the 17-18^th of March, 2016.

The presentation’s topic consisted of the archaeometric analysis of iron slags discovered during the recent excavations at Brâncovenești, Călugăreni and Vătava. As part of the archaeometallurgical investigations, the samples were subjected to FTIR (Fourier transform infrared) spectroscopy and surface XRF (X-ray fluorescence) spectroscopic investigations in order to approximate their mineralogical composition (FTIR) and to determine their elemental composition and inhomogeneity (XRF).

21/11/2015International Conference, Newsadmin

Ten years together. Archaeology and Geophysics

Ten years have been passed since a very fruitful and efficient collaboration started between the geophysic specialists of the Institute of Geography and Earth Science at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest and archaeologists of our research team. Everything started at another important Roman military site of Dacia, in Porolissum which has been followed by many geophysicial surveys in the eastern Roman limes sector from Mureș County. Many important scientific results, frendship and a very trustful collaboration – so could one sum up this long period together. On this occasion, our geophysisist colleague from the Department of Geophysics and Space Science from the Eötvös Loránd University organised a very interesting and warm conference aimed to commemorate this outstanding collaboration. On the 16th of November 2015 friends and colleagues met in Budapest to discuss the common experience and scientific results of the 10 years. During these disscussions it came out very clear how well does geophysical surveys and non-distructive surveying methods complete and help the archaeological investigation . One of our colleague held also a presentation about these interdisciplinar investigations in the eastern limes of the Roman Dacia, especially in Mureș County.

14/11/2015Conference presentations, International Conference, Newsadmin

Journey to the West in Roman style. The Limes Congress in Ingolstadt 2015

Between the 13^th and 20^th of September 2015, two members of our team joined the 23^rd edition of Limes Congress in Ingolstadt, Germany. The one-week long intensive programme including many presentations and excursions was a great exercise both to our mind and body.

The four days of presentations included sessions related to signalling in the army; industry and commerce; defense strategies; reconstructions; crafts; Roman soldiers and religion, the Danube limes; timber forts; and many other sessions. Due to the huge interest and large audience these presentations were held simultaneously in four different rooms. Live video transmission in other rooms for those who could not manage to fit in the presentation rooms, was also a very useful facility.

During the excursions we visited many of the sites situated along the Raetian limes, like the famous fort and Limes Museum from Ruffenhofen, Eining, Pförring, the celtic oppidum of Manching, Regensburg and many other wonders of the beautiful Bavaria.

Our presentations and poster were dealing with the eatern limes of Roman Dacia that was approached in a multidisciplinary manner. We could present our foreign colleagues our limes part and the results of the recent researches in the domain, promoting in the same time the protection of this heritage.

06/05/2015Conference presentations, Forthcoming, International Conference, Newsadmin

FIROKONF IX

The 9^th edition of the Conference for Young Researchers of the Roman Age (FIROKONF IX) was held between the 8^th and the 10^th of May 2015 in Târgu Mureș. With a total number of 74 attending participants, among which more than 50 speakers, this year’s edition provided an international forum for scholarly debate among young researches in the field of Roman archaeology and history. The conference was organised by the ROMAN LIMES RESEARCH CENTRE based at the Mureș County Museum in Târgu Mureș, with the support of the Mureș County Council and UEFISCDI. The venue of the event was the Small Hall of the Cultural Palace.

The participants from various Hungarian and Romanian research-centres proceeded in presenting the results of their research from a wide range of domains related to the study of the Roman period. The respective domains included the latest archaeological field investigations, Roman religious life, anthropology, architecture, material culture, the Roman cult of the dead, pottery production, numismatics and epigraphy.

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Workshop full of new perspectives

The workshop entitled “Digitizing the Roman Limes. Sector: Brâncovenești-Sărățeni“, organized by the Roman Limes Research Centre of the Mureş County Museum in the frame of our research grant on the 15th of November 2014 in Târgu-Mureș, had an interesting and very high- level scientific outcome. There were discussed issues related to the general and particular chronology of the researched area on the base of the material culture; but discussions concerning the possible survey methods, or the valorification of the region’s touristic potential and cultural heritage launched also a very fruitful brainstorming.

In the same time, many new research strategies, approaches, and objectives have been proposed for the future period for the same region. All the results point to a well-contoured and challenging perspective concerning the research of the eastern limes of Dacia.

The participants coming from different well-quoted universities abroad (Berlin, Cologne, Budapest; Pécs) together with the specialists from Romania and of the host institution (Mureș County Museum) spent together a very active and successful weekend full of results and new strategies for the future.

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Workshop on project results

On the 15th of November 2014, an interdiciplinary workshop, “Digitizing the Roman limes. Sector: Brâncovenești-Sărățeni” will take place in Târgu-Mureș, in the Continental Hotel. The workshop, organized by the Roman Limes Research Centre of the Mureș County Museum, intends to offer a general view of the results achieved during the past period of the CNCS-UEFISCDI project (PN-ID-PCE-2012-04-0618). Specialists from different German, Hungarian and Romanian universities and museums will present different aspects concerning the limes section from Mureș County, focusing mainly on the site of Brâncovenești, Sărăţeni, Călugăreni and their surroundings. One can find out interesting information about database development, results of the geophysical-, aerial- and field surveys, as well as about military, social, and historical life of the respective region. The process of digitizing or aspects related to the military daily life and material culture will also represent the subject of further presentations. The papers and discussions will be followed by a round-table discussion where the participants will evaluate the achieved results, and will deliberate further plans, schedules and objectives.

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Identity and Culture 2014

On the 11th of November 2014, the Faculty of Architecture from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics organized for the second time the Students’ Scientific Association Conference in the topic “Identity and Culture“. Two of our team members took part in the jury of the conference along with specialists in architecture. The proposition this year was to create a project in three main topics: 1. to design a train station in Călugăreni for the narrow gauge railway whose unused tracks passes through the village; 2. to create a look-out point in the same village for the archaeological and cultural heritage in order to develop the region’s touristic potential; and 3. to develop projects for the presentation of archaeological and built cultural heritage of Sărățeni. The students’ conference benefited from a large interest this year, which is confirmed by the high number (15) of submitted projects. The projects were partially based on the architectural surveys of the built heritage of Călugăren and Sărăţenii made during the summer of 2014, but new approaches and projects have also been presented. All of the projects provided very interesting, creative and challenging solutions for the touristic and cultural presentation of the national heritage of this area.

20/10/2014Conference presentations, International Conferenceceramic, conference, glass, international conference, Roman, Saalburg, Trieradmin

Glastag and Keramiktag

On the 18th of October 2014 the Glastag conference was organized for the third time in Saalburgmuseum Bad Hamburg. Organized by the Römerkastell Saalburg, the colloquium became an important forum for specialists researching Roman glass artefacts or glass production. Beside having a presentation about the glass material from Saalburg, our project director was also one of the main organizers of the meeting.

On the 13rd of December 2014 a conference on the general and particular research of the Roman pottery, especially on the household pottery, will take place in Trier, in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum. The director of this research grant, also one of the conference’s organizers, will deliver a presentation about the content of Roman amphorae.

29/09/2014Conference presentations, International Conferenceceramic, conference, international conference, Xantenadmin

Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores

One of the most prestigious conferences of specialists on Roman ceramic from all around the world, the Congress of Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores was organized for the 29th time, this year in Xanten, Germany, between the 21st and the 26th of September. The large-scale conference hosted over 170 participants and 60 papers which were focusing on different aspects related to ceramic production, types, patterns, use and other issues. One of our team member also contributed to the congress’ presentation list with a paper about the relationship between pottery and military life, based on observations made on pottery assemblages in military barracks.

Digitizing the Roman Limes. Sector:Brâncovenești-Sărățeni

This work was supported by a grant of the Ministry of National Education, CNCS – UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-ID-PCE-2012-4-0618,
contract no. 66 from 02/09/2013