Archaeological excavations at the roman fort Băneasa in the summer 2017
Archaeological excavations at the roman fort Băneasa in the summer 2017

Summary/Abstract: The large fort from Băneasa (Salcia commune, Teleorman County) got our attention within the research project Limes Transalutanus (2014–2017), oriented mainly on landscape archaeology. The reasons to switch from a surface quest to systematic diggings were fully exposed in our previous report,2 recalling here only the fact that at Băneasa stands the largest fort on the entire length of this frontier (over 400 km). Our first excavation campaign here (September 2016) was a short one, of only ten days, aiming only to fulfil an evaluation of the site’s conservation status in the most endangered corner of it, the south-western one. The main conclusion was that although the palisade have been lost – due to erosion – the two Roman phases were still observable in the inner part of the fort, thus justifying a systematic digging.

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