CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE NUMBER OF TERRACES IN THE AREA OF SARMIZEGETUSA REGIA
CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE NUMBER OF TERRACES IN THE AREA OF SARMIZEGETUSA REGIA

Summary/Abstract: In the archaeological literature it has often been emphasized that the area of Sarmizegetusa Regia was the most densely populated in the whole of pre-Roman Dacia. Since the earliest archaeological investigations undertaken in the Orăștie Mountains, numerous anthropogenic terraces, most of them dating from antiquity, have been observed, but only in recent years it has become possible to start recording them accurately. The present article analyzes LiDAR data in order to obtain a more accurate picture of the number of terraces laid out in Dacian antiquity, primarily at Grădiștea de Munte – Sarmizegetusa Regia, but also in its vicinity, up to Costești – Cetățuie, including the massifs delimited by the tributaries of the Grădiște Valley. At the same time, the main natural and anthropogenic factors that have affected both the number and the surface areas of the terraces from antiquity to the present day are reviewed.

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