Archaeological research in the camp and vicus of Sutor (2001-2021) Cover Image

Cercetările arheologice din castrul și vicus-ul de la Sutor (2001-2021)
Archaeological research in the camp and vicus of Sutor (2001-2021)

Author(s): Sorin Cociş, Vlad-Andrei Lăzărescu, Sergiu-Traian Socaciu
Subject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Economic history, Military history, Social history, Ancient World
Published by: MUZEUL NAȚIONAL DE ISTORIE A ROMÂNIEI
Keywords: Sutor; Roman fort; vicus militaris; civilian and military baths; roads; civilian buildings; pottery workshop; terracottas; lamps; coins; the Roman province of Dacia;

Summary/Abstract: The study presents the results of the archaeological research performed at Sutor between 2001 – 2021. The first relevant information concerning the site come from the second half of the 19th century, when K. Torma first mentioned and described the archaeological situation. Since then, up until the ‘60s when several votive monuments were recovered from the area of the presumed civilian settlement, the site remained silent. Systematic archaeolgogical campaigns began only in 2001 and have continued ever since, with few interruptions caused mainly by financial difficulties. Although the precinct of the Roman fort was thenched in order to establish with accuracy the perimeter of the military encampment, it was only in 2012 that its internal structure was revealed by means of large-scale magnetic surveys. With this occasion, a smaller burnt earth and timber fort was also documented in the north-western corner of the larger stone Roman fort. In 2021 the archaeological research was bolstered by the road works in connection with the ‘Transylvania Highway Project’, when large scale rescue excavations were programmed on site. Numerous elements and features belonging to the infrastructure of both the military fort and civilian habitation were revealed leading to a better understanding of this previously little known Roman site from Dacia Porolissensis.

  • Issue Year: XXIX/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 83-130
  • Page Count: 48
  • Language: Romanian