New dates concerning the fortification system from hallstattian settlement  of Babadag  (Tulcea county) Cover Image

Noi date referitoare la sistemul de fortificare al aşezării hallstattiene de la Babadag (jud.Tulcea)
New dates concerning the fortification system from hallstattian settlement of Babadag (Tulcea county)

Author(s): Gabriel Jugănaru, Sorin Cristian Ailincăi
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Institutul de Cercetari Eco-Muzeale Tulcea - Institutul de Istorie si Arheologie
Keywords: Early Iron Age; Babadag culture; Babadag; fortification; complexes with human remains from settlements

Summary/Abstract: The hallstattian settlement from Babadag was fortified in the third phase of the Babadag culture (8th – beginning of the 7th century BC). Very important in this dating is the pottery discovered in the course of excavation. The fortification contains a trench and a vallum. The pits found in the vallum’s structure shows that the fortification was abandoned in the same phase of habitat, probably at the beginning of the 8 th century BC. Through this pits, there is a very interesting situation in the case of pit number 3 from S VI, where we discovered three human skulls, which were dropped there. Similar situation are mentioned in the Babadag type settlements from Satu Nou “Valea lui Voicu”, Garvăn „Mlăjitul Florilor” and Niculiţel „Cornet”.

  • Issue Year: I/2003
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 51-62
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Romanian