Journal Analele Banatului N.S. Archaeology-History

Călin Timoc

Michal Pisz

Emil Jęczmienowski

Cristian-Adrian Ardelean

Contribuţii la cunoaşterea aşezării civile de tip vicus militar de la Pojejena / Contribution to the Research of the Vicus Militaris from Pojejena

Jan. 1, 2018

Abstract

Contribution to the research of the vicus militaris from Pojejena. !e aim of the project conducted in cooperation between the University of Warsaw, National Museum of Banat in Timişoara and Museum Of !e Highland Banat in Reşiţa, was to perform noninvasive investigation of the Roman auxiliary fort in the village of Pojejena and to recognize a range, localization and a character of the civil settlement next to the fort. Our works combine both classical $eldwalking survey, with aim to recognize concentrations of archaeological material in close and far vicinity of the fort, and geophysical research (electro resistivity and magnetometry) at several sites. After almost 4 years of research, we have a good overview of the internal planning of the fort and of the surrounding area. !e most interesting area in the direct vicinity of the fort is the area to the south of it where we found the remains of the main part of the vicus. !e area was partially surveyed with electrical resistivity in 2017 and, on the larger area, with magnetometry in 2018 . !e results of electrical resistivity are much clearer than the ones from the south part of the fort, which were also conducted in the same year. Clearly visible is the road coming from south gate in direction of the Danube. !e road is %anked from both sides by structures which may be interpreted as the houses of the Streifenhäuser type. !e magnetometry allows to state that the settlement continues to the east from the area surveyed with electro resistivity, which was also observed during the $eldwalking survey