The Maps of Time. Real Communities-Virtual Worlds-Experimented Pasts
Project Coordinator: Professor Dragos Gheorghiu
The project is funded
by the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS - UEFISCDI
Project Registration Code: PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0245 (No. 138 from 31.10.2011)
Page coordinators: Dr. Robert Constantinescu (Archaeology) and Prof. Mihaela Vilcu (Education)
The fortified settlement of Albesti La "Cetate" dates from the Hellenistic period (IVth-IInd centuries BC). Archaeological research has identified a rectangular perimeter of 40 x 40 m with two phases of construction dated from the IVth century BC. A tower with an 8 meters width was identified on the Southwestern corner of the building. The Albesti settlement was part of the Greek town Kallatis chora, and recalls the rural farms or pyrgoi of the Hellenistic world. The imported materials discovered constitute an index of the commercial relationships of Kallatis with the Black Sea-Aegean worlds and infer the main function of the settlement.
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