Cercetări arheologice preventive la Cetatea Turnu (Turnu Măgurele, jud. Teleorman), campaniile 2018-2019 – rezultate preliminare
Rescue excavations at Turnu Fortress (Turnu Măgurele, Teleorman County), 2018-2019 seasons – preliminary results

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to highlight the results of recent rescue excavations carried out at Turnu fortress as part of a restoration and preservation project. The project proposed the restoration and consolidation of the central tower and the first two walls of the enclosure, the landscaping outside the enclosure and the construction of an annexe building. The archaeological research followed three objectives: 1) the investigation of a surface located outside of the enclosure where the annexe will be built, 2) survey trenches dug inside and outside of the fortress in order to establish the stratigraphy and the building stages of fortification, 3) excavations between the central tower and the first ring of fortification to reach the depth intended by the restoration project. Due to the constraints of the project, our rescue excavations cannot be compared with a systematic excavation, with specific research objectives for a medieval or late medieval fortress, but we consider the publication of the achieved results of any rescue excavation is compulsory and the final step of a archaeological research.

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