A LATE IRON AGE BELT BUCKLE FROM ARDEU
A LATE IRON AGE BELT BUCKLE FROM ARDEU

Summary/Abstract: Starting in 2001, the excavation systematically organized by the Museum from Deva on the Ardeu village, Hunedoara county, continue till today. A lot of items were unearthed and also buildings structures. The Late Iron Age site Ardeu–Cetăţuie from the vicinity of the core region of the Dacian Kingdom was identified in the 19th century (1885) by Téglás Gábor – the first director of the Museum from Deva. The systematic research of the site has been initiated by the Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilisation from Deva in 2001. In 2017, on the eastern slope of the Cetăţuie Hill the natural erosion brought to light an iron belt buckle. The piece is a part of a sword belt set dated to the LT C2–D1 period; it was made of metal components combined with organic materials (mostly leather). Their presence at Ardeu documents the long distance mobility of artefacts during this period of the Iron Age.

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