A CONSTRUCTION FORTLET AT BĂNEASA
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https://doi.org/10.14795/jaha.12.2.2025.1280Keywords:
Roman Dacia, Limes Transalutanus, temporary fort, XRF analyses, building materialsAbstract
Recent diggings at Băneasa (Teleorman County) dealt for the first time with the fortlet. In a surprise for everybody (us included), it was not made prior to the main fort and it is was not synchronous with it either; it is a temporary garrison for the builders of the main fort, between the first and the second phase, sometimes before 230 AD. A second surprise is the construction system, with a wall erected with crude lime-bricks, as a substitute for turf. After a short presentation of the artefacts discovered in 2024 (including coins), we are disclosing the X–Ray Fluorescence (XRF) measurements on the samples taken from the lime-bricks (and other building materials), including a statistical analysis. The closing part of the paper is dealing with the ‘two forts’ theory, affecting Limes Transalutanus.
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