Peuce. Studii si Cercetari de Istorie si Arheologie

7-22

Authors: Florian MIHAIL, Cristian MICU

In this short contribution we analysed the flint and polished stone material discovered by E. Comșa in the archaeological test pit excavated in 1959, on the tell settlement from Luncavița, „Cetățuia” point. Named Trench B, it had the dimensions 8 × 3 m and it was excavated in the interval 12-26 November 1959, in this campaign participating, alongside E. Comșa, Gh. Cantacuzino and G. Simion. In this analysis, we approached several aspects that contribute to improving our understanding of an artifact`s operational sequence from raw material block to discarded item.

31-40

Authors: Alexandra LIŢU, Alexandra ŢÂRLEA, Iulia ILIESCU, Valentin BOTTEZ

Our paper deals with the amphora stamps (from Rhodos, Sinope, Thasos and Tauric Chersonesus; all unpublished) discovered during several excavation campaigns at Histria, the ACS (Acropolis Center-South) sector.

55-198

Authors: Laurent CHRZANOVSKI, David DJAOUI

The importance of the Arles harbor's garbage which "sealed" the Arles-Rhône 3 shipwreck, shortly depicted hereafter, is so huge in archaeological materials, quantitatively and qualitatively, that it will give birth in the next decade to more than twenty monographs devoted each one to a specific type of artefact. This lamp-focused article aims to propose, in "avant-première" and in "globish" (the recently accepted expression designating for non-native very poor English), is to highlight only one of the many important results of the final study of the more than 816 intact lamps and +5'000 fragments discovered during the underwater excavations of the Arles-Rhône 3 shipwreck, to be published next year. As a matter of fact, never, in lychnological history, a single small excavation delivered so many motifs from so many different manufactures and adorning productions framed in only 60 years of history (70 to 130 AD), and the different social, economic, productive and merely lychnological topics to be covered in the monograph abound. Here, we would like t propose a discussion on the micro- and macro-regional trade roads and their influences on lamp iconography. As a matter of fact, the corpus is made of artifacts brought to Arles from the most remote parts of the Mediterranean as well as from the nearest Gallic workshops, exactly during the apex of creativity of the Roman workshops in terms of quantity and variety of discus themes. This flourishing lamp decoration vogue started with Tiberius' reign and will slowly end with Trajan's one, our garbage is hence covering the second half of this momentum. Arles, a major multimodal platform as we would say today, transferring goods from the sea to the river Rhône as well as to the consular road network and vice-versa, is certainly one the most perfect observation points possible towards the whole Western Roman Empire. There, we can guess some partial answers on important questions such as: which motifs remained at the level of individual imports? Which ones seduced the local manufactures? Which ones were also produced by the flourishing manufactures of one or both ends of the Western Empire (the Rhine Valley and Africa)? Which ones belong to Gallic lamp-makers' own creativity? The short comparison tables will indicate that there are a lot of hypothesis to study further in this domain. Further, an in-depth immersion on each motif will be proposed through an "illustrated dictionary" of the 290 more relevant motifs with the most relevant lists of parallels and the intact/context-dated lamps found in Gaul, eliminating all additional French-known fragments which did not bring anything relevant to the article.

205-226

Authors: Radu-Octavian STĂNESCU

This paper presents a sample of early and late Roman amphorae fragments discovered during several excavations performed at Aegyssus–Tulcea-Colnicul Hora in the 1959-1996 period, with the purpose of bringing a small contribution to the study of the economic history of the Roman Empire. The sample consists of 458 fragments. Typologically, 17 amphora types were identified, some of which have different versions: Dressel 43, Dressel 2-5, Dressel 24, Zeest 72, Zeest 94 (Šelov B and C), Berenice Middle Roman Amphora 5, Kapitän II, Agora M273, Kuzmanov XV-XVI, Spatheion, Opaiț D II, Opaiț D III, Opaiț E I – c, Carthage Late Roman Amphora 1, Carthage Late Roman Amphora 2, Carthage Late Roman Amphora 3 and Carthage Late Roman Amphora 4. Furthermore, out of these 17 types, it was determined, based on macroscopic fabric comparison, that 5 types were of Aegean origin, 3 types from the Eastern Mediteranean Coast, 7 types of Black Sea origin, one type from North Africa, while the LRA 1 and even LRA 2 types were produced in various centres in the Eastern part of the Empire. Chronologically, 5 types were distributed during the Early Roman Period, 10 types during the Late Roman Period and 2 types have been traced to the period between the 3rd and 4th century AD. Last but not least, the paper also proposes a method of calculating quantities of imported wine and olive oil during the two time periods of the Roman Empire.

251-280

Authors: Aurel STĂNICĂ

The extensive process of first gaining a foothold and then controlling the region at the mouth of the Danube by the Golden Horde is a topic that has not been dealt with in accordance with its importance. Archaeological researches provide important data and represent the starting point for understanding the vast complex of the political events and the socio-economic evolution of the area at the mouth of the Danube in the 13th and 14th centuries. The study of the ceramics attributed to the Golden Horde is at the beginning, and the present approach is based on the observations made on the archaeological material in northern Dobrudja and with a single discovery in the south of the province. The archaeological researches from Tulcea, Tichileşti, Enisala–Cetate, Enisala–Palanca, Nufăru, Isaccea, Isaccea–Noviodunum and Păcuiul lui Soare, the random discoveries from Jurilovca, Slava Rusă and Babadag revealed red-yellowish or grey ceramic fragments, roulette decorated, ceramics produced in moulds or enamelled, typical of the material culture of the Golden Horde in the 13th and 14th centuries.

325-334

Authors: Gabriel Mircea TALMAŢCHI

Increasing the scientific exposure of the monetary resources present in the varied and rich numismatic collections of the National History and Archaeology Museum Constanţa remains one of our permanent preoccupations. Thus, for this article we chosen 6 bronze coins struck during the autonomous period in Odessos and Mesambria. They correspond to two monetary types: Apollo/Great God, and the Corinthian Corvette/Four-Spoke Wheel, respectively. These were discovered during archaeological surveys in the vicinity of one of the most important crossing points of the Danube from Muntenia to Dobrudja, in its most southern area, in Izvoarele (Lipnița com. Constanta County). From earlier researches the traces of pre-Roman settlements are known in the area. The first one, a Gaetic dava type, is identified in the La Tablă point. The second one was located on the 500-600 m beach of the Danube, Kala Gherghi point (about 2.5 km east from the village, where the ruins of the Sucidava Moesica fortification are preserved). The coins from Odessos and Mesambria found at Izvoarele, in the local environment, outside the proper choras, add another important page in the history of Greek-native relations, an expression of the establishment of stable economic and commercial contacts. The many monetary breakthroughs made in southern and south-west Dobrudja continue to provide valuable insights into their directions of penetration and the complex nature of their manifestations (monetary and non-monetary) in the local environment.