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04/03/2015Newsadmin

Visiting the Primary School from Vătava

At the end of February, members of the team visited the Primary School from Vătava, one of our communes on the limes. The presentation about the surrounding archaeological sites and the Roman watchtower from Vătava kept the children focused and interested. The finds which were discovered at the watchtower, were not only presented on a power point presentation, but they could see them in a temporary “mini-exhibition” and discuss about their functionality. The girls were very interested in dressing the tunics and learning about Roman perfume preparation, the boys were rather thrilled by the different weapons, coins, keys, fibulae and the other finds. They were curious about every detail, eager to learn more, also supported by their knowledge, which included not only their acquaintance with history, but also with the surrounding sites and the tradition of these, as they were kept in local legends and stories.

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Exploring the eastern limes. Fieldwalking and aerial survey

In January 2015 our team took part on a fieldwalking in Mureş County next to Glodeni, Ideciu de Sus, Hodac and Caşva. Due to our collaboration with Máté Szabó from the Aerial Archaeological Archive from Pécs an intensive aerial archaeological survey was also done in the area of the Roman sites from Brâncoveneşti, Vătava and the Gurghiu Valley.

Close to the Roman site of Glodeni on aerial photos and satellite images a possible Roman marching camp has been identified, which produced only a few ceramic fragments during the fieldwalking and lacked any other material. In the area of the defensive structures of the presumed fort a high concentration of cobbles and pebbles could be observed.

The presumed Roman watchtower from Ideciu de Sus was identified in 2014 by one of the collaborators of our museum, Pop Iuliu Cristinel. It is situated on the hill east of the village on the opposite side of the Mureș valley from Brâncovenești. The visibility is really good from the hilltop, one can see Brâncovenești and several watchtowers. The location is close to a neighbouring Iron Age fortress.

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Colloquium on the Limes research of Roman Dacia

The Museum Complex from Bistrița-Năsăud organized on the 11-12^th of December 2014 a conference entitled „Colocviul Național – Frontierele Imperiului Roman: Dacia – Limes Forum III” (National Colloquium – The Frontiers of The Roman Empire: Roman Dacia – Limes Forum III). The researchers of this field, which were present at this event, prosperously contributed to the existent knowledge about the Roman limes from the point of view of military history, strategies and social aspects also. The main themes, which were widely discussed at this colloquium, were related to the position of forts, watchtowers, defensive systems, different research methods and techniques as well as their results (geomagnetic research; electric resistivity survey; LIDAR). The importance of the Roman limes as a cultural heritage and the possibilities of its evaluation and presentation to the world were also deliberated. Three members from our team attended the meeting. One of the presentations focused on the research, evaluation and projection of the Roman fort from Călugăreni, another one presented the pottery workshop from the civilian settlement of the Roman fort from Brâncovenești, while the third one analysed the Roman military equipment from the eastern limes of Roman Dacia (Sector Brâncovenești- Sărățeni).

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Limes Forum III

The conference “Frontierele Imperiului Roman: Dacia. Limes Forum III” (The Frontiers of the Roman Empire: Dacia. Limes Forum III) will take place in Bistrița between the 11th and the 12th of December 2014. The conference will be organized by the Bistrița-Năsăud Museum Complex (Complexul Muzeal Bistrița-Năsăud) in joint with the Ministry of Culture, National History Museum of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca, and the Bistrița-Năsăud County Council. Three researchers of our team team will hold presentations about the archaeological research and architectural plans concerning the site of Călugăreni and the pottery workshop from Brâncoveneşti.

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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.

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Conference on the daily life of the Roman soldier

On the 17th and 18th of October 2014 the History Museum of Turda organized a national colloquium entitled “Viața cotidiană a soldatului roman în castrele din Dacia” (The daily life of the Roman soldiers from the forts from Dacia) where specialists from all around Romania delivered interesting presentations about the everyday life of the Roman soldiers including their relationship with civilians, their social practices, eating-, drinking-, dressing- and bathing habits and other interesting aspects. Two members of our team also contributed to the knowledge of this particular domain. One presentation focused on different aspects of daily life based on ceramic vessels discovered in the soldiers’ barrack. The other paper reflected upon the utilization of bronze vessels in military context.

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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.

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Romans and their neighbours from the Eastern Carpathians

The principia and the bath of the Roman auxiliary fort from Călugăreni was the subject of a presentation delivered by three colleagues of our team at the conference “Romanii și vecinii lor din zona Carpaților Orientali (sec. I-V p. Chr). Sesiunea Științifică Anuală a MNCR, ediția a XI-a” (Romans and their neighbors from the Eastern Carpathians (1st-5th c. A.D.). The Annual Scientific Session of MNCR, the 9th edition) organized by the National Museum of the Eastern Carpathians (Muzeul Național al Carpaților Răsăriteni) in Sfântu-Gheorghe, on the 9th-11th of November 2014. Problems and aspects related to the general topic of the conference (landscape archeology, Sarmatian type brooches, geomagnetic surveys, Roman forts) were discussed during this national session.