Dacian fortress of Unip
Dacian fortress of Unip is located in Romania
Dacian fortress of Unip
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LocationDealu Cetățuica, Unip, Timiș, Romania[1]
Coordinates45°39′47″N 21°18′22″E / 45.663°N 21.306°E / 45.663; 21.306
Area4 ha
History
CulturesHallstatt, La Tène
Site notes
Discovered2007
Excavation dates2011, 2015, 2019
ArchaeologistsLiviu Măruia, Dorel Micle
ConditionRuined
Reference no.TM-I-s-B-06089[1]

It was a Dacian fortified town. The site was discovered in 2007 by a team of archeologists led by Liviu Măruia and Dorel Micle.[2] The first excavations were carried out in 2009, and in the following years traces of habitation from the first Iron Age (Hallstatt culture), the Dacian period (1st century BC–1st century AD) and the Slavic migration period (7th century) were discovered here.[3] According to Micle and other local archeologists, the four-hectare site could overlap the ancient polis of Zurobara, mentioned by Ptolemy in his Geographia.[4][5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Situl arheologic de la Unip - Dealu Cetățuica". Repertoriul Arheologic Național.
  2. ↑ Măruia, Liviu; Bolcu, Lavinia; Horak, Florin-Petru (2013). "Situl arheologic de la Unip-"Dealu Cetățuica", com. Sacoșu Turcesc, jud. Timiș. Un istoric al cercetărilor" (PDF). ArheoVest. Szeged: JATEPress. 1: 295–308. ISBN 978-963-315-153-2.
  3. ↑ Both, Ștefan (30 July 2015). "Ce secrete ascunde singura așezare dacică din Banatul de câmpie. Situl arheologic ar putea fi „polisul" Zurobara". Adevărul.
  4. ↑ Ghidovăț, Georgeta (31 July 2015). "Bănățenii au descoperit Zurobara". evz.ro.
  5. ↑ Stanici, Georgeta (30 July 2015). "Descoperire arheologică fără precedent în Timiș. Ce comoară dacică a fost găsită pe câmpia de la Unip". pressalert.ro.
  6. ↑ "Dacii din Câmpia Bănățeană". Timișoara. 2014. p. 6.
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