The genesis of the fortification of Corneşti-Iarcuri near the Mureş Lower Course (Romanian Banat) – a phase model on the chronology of the settlement and fortifcation structures

  • The large fortifi cation of Corneşti-larcuri is located on the Mureş River in Romania and comprises four rings of defensive ramparts. With the outermost rampart encircling a total area of 17.65 km2, Corneşti-larcuri is thus considered the largest Bronze Age fortification in Europe. New intensive research began in 2007 with the six-year project “Investigations on settlement structures and the chronology of the Late Bronze Age fortification of Corneşti-larcuri in Romanian Banat”, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The project terminated in the autumn of 2017. Now the goal is to evaluate the data collected during the last eleven years and to develop the first syntheses. As part of the new excavations, a total of 109 radiocarbon datings from diff erent contexts (ramparts, ditches, pits, house structures, etc.) were obtained. The subsequent phase model based upon these data essentially refers to the dating of ramparts I and II and to pits associated with house contexts. Thus, it enables a site biography for Corneşti-larcuri to be outlined for the first time and four settlement phases to be distinguished.

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Author:Ralf Lehmphul, Bernhard Heeb, Alexandru Szentmiklosi, Astrid Stobbe, Rüdiger KrauseORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-539985
ISBN:978-3-7749-4204-2
Parent Title (German):Bronze age fortresses in Europe : proceedings of the Second International LOEWE Conference, 9-13 October 2017 in Alba Julia (!). Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie ; Band 335, Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie / Prähistorische Konfliktforschung ; 3
Publisher:Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH
Place of publication:Bonn
Document Type:Part of a Book
Language:English
Year of Completion:2019
Year of first Publication:2019
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Contributing Corporation:International LOEWE Conference (2. : 2017 : Karlsburg)
Release Date:2020/05/20
Page Number:26
First Page:253
Last Page:278
HeBIS-PPN:465151272
Institutes:Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:9 Geschichte und Geografie / 93 Geschichte des Altertums (bis ca. 499), Archäologie / 930 Geschichte des Altertums bis ca. 499, Archäologie
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Open-Access-Publikationsfonds:Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen