Open AccessAerial Geoarchaeological Survey in the Valleys of the Mureş and Arieş Rivers (2009-2013)
Author(s) -
Zoltán Czajlik,
Sándor Berencki,
László Rupnik
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
dissertationes archaeologicae ex instituto archaeologico universitatis de rolando eötvös nominatae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2064-4574
DOI - 10.17204/dissarch.2014.459
Subject(s) - human settlement , archaeology , prehistory , romanian , geography , settlement (finance) , aerial survey , situated , river valley , geology , remote sensing , philosophy , linguistics , artificial intelligence , world wide web , computer science , payment
The paper presents the most important results of the Romanian–Hungarian aerial archaeological project, i.e.the intensive topographic research of the Middle Mureş Valley. Situated between the mountains, in the widen-ing valley section various aged/high terraces were formed, providing proper conditions for human habitats.Beside the already documented stone buildings from the Roman period, observed due to the negative cropmarks – especially in 2013 – positive crop marks of settlements datable before and after the Roman periodwere observed in large variety. The simultaneous examination of the geomorphological conditions underlinedsignificant differences between the prehistoric and Roman strategies of settlement establishment.