Bronze Vessels of the Early Iron Age Discovered at Bălata (Romania)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13099280 |
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| Authors | Cătălin Cristescu (corresponding author), Nicolae Cătălin Rișcuța, Oana Tutilă, Ioana Lucia Barbu, Antonu Tudor Marc, Ioan Alexandru Bărbat (0000-0001-5508-3219) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ancient History and Archeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2360-266X • E-ISSN: 2360-266X |
| Publisher | Mega Publishing House (PUBLISHER • RO) |
| DOI | 10.14795/j.v7i2.534 |
| OpenAlex | W3048055620 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The preventive archaeological research which took place in the summer of 2014 at Bălata – Schit , Șoimuș commune, Hunedoara County, enriched the information on one of the most important sites on the Mureș Valley, where many historical periods have been documented so far. Amongst the numerous discoveries, fragments from at least two bronze cauldrons have been unearthed. The morphological characteristics, especially the cross-shaped handle attachments, decorated with geometric patterns, allow their dating in the final stage of Ha B 2 , as shown by the analogies in Transylvania. The vessels belong to the categories Merhardt B1 and B2a. The bronze recipients from Bălata reveal an unknown chapter in the archaeology of Early Iron Age in south-western Transylvania, offering new data on the spirituality of the respective times
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Bronze Age · Geography · Iron Age · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · History · Mineralogy and Gemology Studies · X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis
| Highly cited | No |
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