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Archaeological excavations carried out this fall by the Banat National Museum at the site of the Medieval Citadel of Jdioara revealed the traces of a Dacian building with stone foundations, but also other relics, especially ceramic ones.
“The first systematic excavation campaign took place at the end of this fall. The results obtained from this short campaign were above expectations, bringing to light the traces of a Dacian building, with stone foundations and adobe walls. At the same time, several phases of leveling the terrace were documented, dating from the same time. The most consistent category of objects discovered was ceramics.“representatives of the museum announced Thursday.
In the spring of 2019, a team of archaeologists from the Banat National Museum investigated the possible existence of a prehistoric fortified settlement in the vicinity of the medieval Citadel of Jdioara. The same year a non-invasive research campaign followed to determine the nature of the area, and topographic, geophysical measurements, and archaeological material identified on the ground surface indicated to archaeologists that it was a complex habitat. carried out in at least two chronological stages.
“The first dates from the middle of the first millennium before the birth of Christ, from what archaeologists call the first Iron Age. However, most of the archaeological material belongs to the classical period of the Dacian era. National Archaeological Site, thus creating the legal framework to protect the site against possible poachers “states MNB.
The urgency of the archaeological investigation of the site has become a priority in 2020, as two treasure hunters were found in January, damaging the investigation of the site.
Councilor Victor Bunoiu of the Timiş County Department of Culture declared then, for AGERPRES, that it was “Gomila de Gabor”, one of the representative sites of the first Iron Age (Hallstatt) and a very important archaeological point for the knowledge of the High Middle Ages. and developed in the territory of the Banat plain.
The Jdioara fortress is mentioned for the first time in 1320 as a royal fortress and center of the Lugoj district, but some sources indicate that it was founded in the 2nd-3rd centuries AD, during Roman colonization. Of the old fortress, today half of the northern circumference and the sides remain. In the southern part, there are some fragments of the wall, collapsed inside the Jdioara Fortress, covered by vegetation. The thick walls, almost two meters high, and more than four meters high, show that it was a good defense for those who lived here. Historians assume that in medieval times the Jdioara Fortress was located on the road that connected Transylvania with Banat.
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