LOW MARE. KAZINFORM museographers have discovered new archaeological remains at the Custura Cetăţelei site, adding in a nearby cave, some dating back to the Late Bronze Age, the Maramures County Museum of History and Archaeology reported Monday.
The first archaeological discoveries in Custura Cetăţelei – Salnita were found in 2018 in a survey conducted by museographer Marius Ardeleanu, the Romanian News Agency (AGERPRES) reported.
“The artifacts known in the shallow soil, on the northeast, east and southwest slopes of the foothills of the hill of Custura, consist of ceramic fragments from the past period of the Bronze Age (time part of the millennium moment BC). C. ), respectively from medieval times. Period (XIII-XIV centuries AD) Based on those discoveries, the Baia Mare Museum team conducted between 2019 and 2020 archaeological excavations on custura Cetatelei hill, WAM reports.
“The cultural remains discovered in this instance belong to the Upper Eneolithic/Ancient Bronze (Cotofeni culture, 3,500 – 2,500 BC). C. -J. C. ), in the Upper Bronze Age (Suciu culture of Sus, moment part of the millennium moment BC-C. ) and the medieval period (XIII-XIV centuries AD-C. ). The wall built in the Middle Ages has been documented throughout the preserved part, and it has been found that in several places, the stones were normally connected with mortar,” the museum said.
Driven by the presence of remains of the Cotofeni culture at the Site of Custura Cetatelei, archaeologists went to the nearby caves, as it is known that the communities of the time lived or took refuge in caves.
One of those caves, called Sura Dracului, with a length of 16 m and a portal five m wide and 6 m high, is under the hill chair that leads to Custura Cetatelei, on the left bank of the Lapus River.
In 2021, the Maramures County Museum of History and Archaeology, in cooperation with the Montana Caving Club in Baia Mare, began the first archaeological excavations in sura Dracului cave. The excavation paintings have exhibited fragments of pottery belonging to the Cotofeni culture, as well as artifacts from the Late Bronze Age, the Suciu culture of Sus, as well as animal bones, which even imply the transience of the room of this place.