ANGVSTIA No. 23 (2019)

Chief editor: Alexandru Popa
Issue editor: Maria-Magdalena Ștefan
Editorial board: Dan Lucian Buzea, Ana Dobreanu, Dan Ștefan

Publishing house: ANGVSTIA, Sfântu Gheorghe

ISSN 2602-0653
ISSN-L 1454 - 8275

Research carried out at Băile Figa during 2016–2019 Revealing the potential of a hybrid saltscape

Valerii Kavruk, Dan-Lucian Buzea, Puskás József, Dan Ștefan, Maria-Magdalena Ștefan, Anthony F. Harding, Marius Alexianu, Cătălin Roibu, Radu Zăgreanu Angvstia Journal No. 23, 2019
AUTHORS: Valerii Kavruk, Dan-Lucian Buzea, Puskás József, Dan Ștefan, Maria-Magdalena Ștefan, Anthony F. Harding, Marius Alexianu, Cătălin Roibu, Radu Zăgreanu
DOI: 10.36935/ang.v23.1
PAGES: 9-108
LANGUAGE: Romanian with English abstract and figures captions
ABSTRACT:  The article presents the preliminary results of the interdisciplinary research (geological and geospatial studies, archaeological excavations, salt production experiments, and ethnographic survey) carried out during 2016-2019, in the site and hybrid saltscape of Băile Figa, well known for its remarkable environmental, ancient and current salt exploitation evidence.

Anthropological data about several Bronze Age funerary discoveries at Păuleni-Ciuc (Harghita County)

Alexandra Comșa Angvstia Journal No. 23, 2019
AUTHOR: Alexandra Comșa
DOI: 10.36935/ang.v23.2
PAGES: 109-186
LANGUAGE: Romanian with English abstract and figures captions
ABSTRACT: The study details the anthropological analyses of 14 archaeological cases in which entire or partial human skeletons were found in the Bronze Age site of Păuleni-Ciuc, Ciomortan (Harghita county) during the excavation campaigns 2000-2002, 2007, 2009 and 2011. Two collective deposits, a ritual pit, two dwellings and other findings delivered a total of 22 individuals,  among which 8 were aged seven or less.

Anthropomorphe Statuetten der Otomani- und Wietenberg-Kultur im Nordwesten Transsilvaniens

Carol Kacsó Angvstia Journal No. 23, 2019
AUTHOR: Carol Kacsó
DOI: 10.36935/ang.v23.3
PAGES: 187-198
LANGUAGE: Romanian with German abstract.
ABSTRACT: Der Verfasser legt die anthropomorphen Statuetten vor (Taf. I-III), die in den Arealen der Otomani- und Wietenberg-Kultur im Nordwesten Transsilvaniens (Abb. 1) entdeckt wurden. Diese mittelbronzezeitlichen Statuetten haben ein gemeinsames Charakteristikum, nämlich das völlige oder fast völlige Fehlen (wenn wir das ungewisse Stück von Carei-Bobald betrachten) der Verzierung. Durch dieses Merkmal unterscheiden sie sich von einigen Statuetten dieser Art aus dem ungarischen und slowakischen Raum der Otomani- (oder Otomani-Füzesabony-) Kultur, deren Dekoration hauptsächlich aus eingestochenen Punkten besteht. Die Statuetten der Otomani-Kultur im Nordwesten Transsilvaniens ähneln jedoch jenen aus den Verbreitungsgebieten der Wietenberg- und Tei-Kultur, die ebenfalls unverziert sind.

New data on the first bronze hoard from Turia/Torja (Covasna County)

József Puskás Angvstia Journal No. 23, 2019
AUTHOR: József Puskás
DOI: 10.36935/ang.v23.4
PAGES: 199-228
LANGUAGE: Romanian with English abstract and figures captions.
ABSTRACT: Turia (Hungarian: Torja) parish is located in south-eastern Transylvania, at the foot of the Bodoc Mountains. Currently, three Late Bronze Age hoards are known as originating from the territory of the village; they cover the Br D-Ha B2 periods. The present paper deals with the first hoard, discovered in uncertain conditions, and donated to the museum from Cluj-Napoca by the local nobleman Apor Károly, in 1864. In the present state of research the hoard is considered as composed of three socketed axes and a sword with disc pommel (Schalenknaufschwert), dated to the Ha A2 period of the eponymous Turia-Jupalnic horizon. The recently discovered donation letter from the National Archives from Sfântu Gheorghe shed new light on the possible composition of the hoard.

New investigations in the fortifications from Teliu, Brașov County

Maria-Magdalena Ștefan, Dan Ștefan, Dan-Lucian Buzea Angvstia Journal No. 23, 2019
AUTHORS: Maria-Magdalena Ștefan, Dan Ștefan, Dan-Lucian Buzea
DOI: 10.36935/ang.v23.5
PAGES: 229-256
LANGUAGE: Romanian with English abstract and figures captions.
ABSTRACT: Two fortified sites were known in the vicinity of Teliu (Kreuzburg/Nyén/Keresztvár), Brașov county, since the 19th c. They were reported as located in close proximity one to another (200 m), at the foothills of Buzău Mountains - now covered in evergreen forests. Despite a long-time interest in them, including a series of excavations made during the 1960s and 1970s in Cetatea Mare (I), their full chronological attribution and function remained partially disputed. Following a series of works related to the building of a railway route along Teliu valley, during the interwar period, a stone quarry was opened right on top of Cetatea Mică (II), leading in time to its disappearance. A notorious connection with the Teuton early 13th c. fort of Cruceburg has been often explored in relation with these sites.

Second Iron Age period at Olteni – Cariera de Nisip (Covasna County) in the light of archaeozoological studies

Imola Kelemen Angvstia Journal No. 23, 2019
AUTHOR: Imola Kelemen
DOI: 10.36935/ang.v23.6
PAGES: 257-260
LANGUAGE: Romanian with English abstract and figures captions.
ABSTRACT: A settlement and a necropolis from the 4th-3rd centuries BC, with typical North-Thracian materials, were discovered at Olteni – Cariera de Nisip/The Sand Quarry in northern Covasna county. The few animal remains analysed in the present study were found in 3 pits of this settlement. The faunal material is not necessary very representative but completes the picture of the already published archaeological and anthropological reports concerning the assemble of discoveries at Olteni which depict a local North-Thracian community in all its life aspects, funerary and domestic.

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