DACIAN WEAPONS DISCOVERED AT ARDEU (HUNEDOARA COUNTY) Cover Image

PIESE DE ARMAMENT DACICE DESCOPERITE LA ARDEU (JUD HUNEDOARA)
DACIAN WEAPONS DISCOVERED AT ARDEU (HUNEDOARA COUNTY)

Author(s): Iosif Vasile Ferencz, Cristian Dima
Subject(s): History
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Pre-roman Dacia; Apuseni Mountains; Dacian armament; warlike elites;

Summary/Abstract: A. Emplacement of the site Ardeu village is located in South-Western Transylvania (Fig. 1/3), on the Ardeu Valley (Fig. 1/2). From a geographical point of view, the arrea belongs to the Metaliferi Mountains – a small group in the Southern part of the Romanian Western Carpathians. The “Cetătuie” Hill is placed right near the road named DJ 705, with a good positon on the shortest way from the Dacian Kingdom’s capital (Fig. 1/1) area to the region rich in golden minerals in the Apuseni Mountains (Romanian Western Carpathians). The hill was inhabited during several historical periods.

  • Issue Year: 54/2009
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 18-34
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Romanian