CONSIDERATIONS ON THE TOPOGRAPHY, TOPONIMY AND SECTORS OF THE COMPLEX OF PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENTS FROM LIMBA -OARDA DE JOS (ALBA COUNTY)
Journal Title: Acta Terrae Septemcastrensis - Year 2009, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
The paper deals with the complex problematic of the results of the more than 50 years of researches on the prehistoric settlements existing between Limba and Oarda villages, situated along the first terrace of the Mureş River, around 2000 x 50m. After 8 years from the last excavation, the author is decided to reopen the scientific researches in this ensemble of prehistoric archaeological sites, rich in the deposits of the human activities during from the early Neolithic to the medieval times. The medium thickness of the archaeological layers is around 2,5 m, proving a very intensive human habitation, especially in the Neolithic and Copper Age, but also in the Bronze and Iron Age period. After the description of the geo-morphological characteristics, the author presents all the sectors (points) of the ensemble, the topographic coordinates, particularly the stratigraphic successions of the cultural layers. At the end, is presented a brief history of archaeological researches, field and systematical, the actually stage of knowledge’s about the evolution of the human communities and the general coordinates of a new archaeological project, using modern methodologies and techniques of research.
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Ciută Marius
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