Cercetarea arheologică preventivă de la Biserica „Sfinții Trei Ierarhi” din Cîrligi (comuna Ștefan cel Mare, județul Neamț)
The Rescue Archaeological Research at „Sfinții Trei Ierarhi” Church in Cîrligi (Ștefan cel Mare Commune, Neamț County)

Summary/Abstract: The rescue archaeological research in Cîrligi (Ștefan cel Mare commune, Neamț County) was carried out as a result of the construction of a mortuary chapel close to the church built in 1660 by the great treasurer Iordache Cantacuzino.In the vicinity of the Orthodox Church, to the north, is the Dimitrie Sturza Mansion, dating from the XVII-XVIII centuries.All these buildings constituted at one time a single ensemble, respectively a boyarʼs court, with houses and church.The excavated area covered a surface of 48 m2. During the research were identified vestiges belonging to the Bronze Age (Noua culture), Age of Migrations (Sântana de Mureș culture), as well as seven burial tombs in a cemetery dated to a period after the year 1660, the skeletons being investigated from anthropological point of view. Also, four pits were identified, one of them dates from the Middle Age (XIV-XVII centuries), two pits from the Pre-Modern Age and the Modern Age (XVII-XX centuries) and the last one from the Contemporary Period (XX-XXI centuries).Faunal remains, potsherds, a fragmentary tile, a coin (silver denarius issued by Leopold I for the Kingdom of Hungary in 1698), a buckle and a nail were found from these ages.

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