Report on the 2022 rescue archaeological excavations at Gornea – Țărmuri (Sichevița commune, Caraș-Severin county)
Report on the 2022 rescue archaeological excavations at Gornea – Țărmuri (Sichevița commune, Caraș-Severin county)

Summary/Abstract: The archaeological excavation of 2022 was conducted in the eastern part of the Țărmuri site, in Gornea, an archaeological site located on the banks of the Danube. The immediate results of the archaeological investigations, which covered an area of approximately 350 m², recorded the find of a number of sixty-seven inhumations set up in a cemetery organised in linear rows oriented north-south. The deceased were laid in rectangular gravepits, oriented on a west-east direction, with hands’ position in different variations, reminiscent of the Christian rite of the early Middle Ages in the Danube area. Moreover, the grave goods, composed of Byzantine tradition jewellery, place the necropolis in a chronological span between late 11th century and mid-13th century at the latest.

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