‘IRON AGE CHRONOLOGY IN THE CARPATHIAN BASIN’

Kedves Mindenki!

Újabb vaskoros konferencia a láthatáron! 

INVITATION

Mureş County Museum kindly invites your participation in the scientific colloquium

‘IRON AGE CHRONOLOGY IN THE CARPATHIAN BASIN’

The colloquium will take place from 8 to 10 October 2015 in Târgu Mureş, Romania.

Recommended topics of discussions are:

-        evolution of artefacts and material culture

-        social and cultural changing reflected in archaeology

-        case studies

-        historical events and chronology

-        synchronization of periods, comparison of territorial, local and site chronologies

-        chronological concepts

-        periodization, relative chronology

-        interdisciplinary dating methods

Oral contributions should be no more than 20 minutes, and should, on the basis of archaeological evidence, make reference to the La Tène Iron Age in the Carpathian Basin, during the second half of the 1^st millennium BC.

The official language of the colloquium is English. The papers will be published during the second half of 2016 in the series Bibliotheca Mvsei Marisiensis – seria archaeologica, therefore written versions of the presentations will be required by 1 December 2015.

The organizers will cover the cost of accommodation and meals for the period of the colloquium; participants will be responsible for travel expenses.

Deadlines:

1 May 2015: registration of participation with title of presentation

1 August 2015: abstract of your paper (2000 to 4000 characters)

Your intention to participate in the colloquium together with the title as well as the abstract of your paper should be sent to the following e-mail address: sberecki@yahoo.com

Further information regarding the colloquium will be posted at this webpage.

For further information about earlier conferences visit this webpage.

For further information about the volumes of the earlier conferences visit this webpage or the page of the publishing house.

Kind regards,

Berecki Sándor

Conference Convener

Sándor Berecki
0040-741-381-873
Mures County Museum
str. Marasti 8a, Targu Mures, RO-540328
Tel./Fax: 0040-365-430-021
muzeumures.ro

Továbi részletekért: http://www.muzeumures.ro/main.php?object=staticpage&id=26&event_id=341

A newly discovered dagger-knife from Dumbrava (Romania).

Október a szkíta "akinakészek" hava a szkíta régészet blogon. Ezúttal egy újabb, 2012 nyarán napvilágra került emléket mutatok be, Erdélyből, a Maros mentéről. Az egyélű harci kés több szempontból is egyedülálló: ez a Kárpát-medence területén ma ismert legépebben fennmaradt darab, s a legkeletebbi képviselője a csoport névadó lelőhelye nyomán Tiszadob-típusnak keresztelt egyélű akinakészeknek. Gratulálok az "adományozó kedvű" felfedezőnek és a szerzőknek, akik a leletet példamutató gyorsasággal közzétették.

In the summer of 2012 Mr. Iuliu Cristinel Pop donated to the Mureş County Museum (Romania) an iron dagger, which was discovered in 22nd of July 2012, during a filed survey and investigation with a metal detector. On the exact find spot of the artefact a small field research has been carried out by the staf of the Museum. Unfortunately no other archaeological material could be identified.

The dagger-knife of akinakes type, is a well known example of the Scythian culture, and based on similar artefacts from Romania and from the Carpathian Basin it can be dated to the end of the 6th beginning of the 5th cent. BC. Thank to the very good state of preservation, and due to the very explicit formal characteristics the weapon from Dumbrava becomes the best and the most eastern representation of the dagger-knives with one cutting edge of the Tiszadob variant from the eastern edge of the Carpathian Basin.

Description of the artefact:

An iron akinakes-dagger with a slightly curved blade, which narrows gradually towards the tip; it has a single cutting edge and a triangular cross section. The guard is composed of two heart shaped iron plates, which were handmade separately and fitted through hammering on to the blade. The two lobes which make up the guard have equal dimensions and are uniform, having a slightly oval shape. The handle is lenticular in cross section, narrowing very slightly towards the upper end. It ends in a straight and perpendicular bar, which has a bipedal axe shaped form, having a lenticular cross section. The handle has on each of its sides a narrow and longitudinal groove, which slides under the guard and under the perpendicular bar as well. The horizontal ribbings are dispersed uniformly on the entire handle, having around 1–2 mm between each other. The blade and the handle were manufactured from a single piece of wrought iron, the guard and the bar being added at the end. The blade was sharpened in prehistory, having obvious traces of use and wear. 

It is made of wrought iron.

Dimensions:

total length: 42.3 cm;

handle length: 10.8 cm;

blade length: 27.1 cm;

guard max. width: 5 cm; guard min. width: 4.6 cm;

handle width inf: 1.1 cm; handle width sup: 1.6 cm;

bar length: 6.1 cm; bar width: 1.3 cm;

handle thickness: 0.8 cm;

guard thickness: 0.5 cm;

blade thickness: 0.6 cm.

weight: 289.5 g.

For further reading:
https://www.academia.edu/8852802/A_newly_discovered_dagger-knife_from_Dumbrava

http://salveazaistoria.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/mica-asezare-a-colonistilor-romani-din-limesul-nord-estic-al-daciei-romane/#jp-carousel-1917