Halmyris, a settlement and fort near the mouth of the Danube
Interim report
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12373487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mihail Zahariade (corresponding author), Myrna K Phelps |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Pages | 230-245 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Roman Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1047-7594 • E-ISSN: 2331-5709 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1047759400013921 |
| OpenAlex | W1957712157 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
Ancient Halmyris lies in the NW corner of the Dobrudja region in SE Romania. It lies c .2.5 km east of the village of Murighiol on a rocky promontory which is slightly higher than the surrounding marshes. This is at the E end of the Dunavat peninsula (known in antiquity as Extrema Scythiae Minoris: Jord., Get. 266) and it is bordered by the Danube delta on the north and east, Razelm lake on the south, and the Tulcea hills on the west (fig. 1). The site was occupied continuously from at least the mid-first millennium B.C. up to the 7th c. A.D. The local environment, flora and fauna were favourable to settlement until as a result of natural causes the Danube became almost inaccessible; from that point on, the settlement became vulnerable to human and other natural events and eventually it became deserted. The site is known today as Bataraia or Cetatea. In the early 20th c. the locals still called it the Genoese stronghold (Geneviz-Kaleh). In antiquity it lay on the bank of the southern arm of the Danube called Peuce (now known as Sfantu Gheorghe). Today the southern arm of the Danube runs 2 km north of the site and it is connected to Lake Murighiol by the Periboina canal. Until 1983 there were two lakes, c .100 and c .200 m from the site, modern relics of the ancient course of the river. To the east lie the Dunavat hills and to the south is Dealul Cetatea (“fort hill”) (fig. 2)
Ancient history · Archaeology · Carboniferous · Fauna · Geography · Human settlement · Marsh · Natural (archaeology · Peninsula · Promontory · Settlement (finance · Structural basin · Wetland · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · History · Marine and environmental studies · Ecology · Geology · Paleontology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2018 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |