UNHIDING FORESTED LANDSCAPES. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INDEX OF SOUTH-EASTERN CARPATHIANS
<em>Starting with late 2018, a new archaeological research project has been unfolding in the framework funded by the Romanian Governmental Unit for Research and Development (UEFISCDI) dedicated to top fundamental research, as one of the few winners of 2016 edition (the single to date) of ‘Comp...
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| author | Valeriu Sirbu Dan Stefan Maria Magdalena Stefan Eugen Silviu Teodor Ionel Candea Alexandru Popa Sebastian Matei Dragos Mandescu Lucica Savu Roxana Munteanu Dan Buzea Valeri Kavruk Costi Croitoru Stanica Pandrea Calin Suteu Bogdan Ciuperca Daniel Garvan Aurel Vîlcu Theodor Isvoranu |
| author_facet | Valeriu Sirbu Dan Stefan Maria Magdalena Stefan Eugen Silviu Teodor Ionel Candea Alexandru Popa Sebastian Matei Dragos Mandescu Lucica Savu Roxana Munteanu Dan Buzea Valeri Kavruk Costi Croitoru Stanica Pandrea Calin Suteu Bogdan Ciuperca Daniel Garvan Aurel Vîlcu Theodor Isvoranu |
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| description | <em>Starting with late 2018, a new archaeological research project has been unfolding in the framework funded by the Romanian Governmental Unit for Research and Development (UEFISCDI) dedicated to top fundamental research, as one of the few winners of 2016 edition (the single to date) of ‘Complex Projects for Frontier Research’ competition. The Project, whose aims and methods will be shortly presented further, is entitled ‘Hidden Landscapes: Exploratory Remote-sensing for the Archaeology of the Lost Roads, Borders and Battlefields of South-Eastern Carpathians’ (HiLands). It implements a systematic and diachronic investigation of the historic strategic circulation corridors crossing the South-Eastern part of the Carpathian Mountains – the main gate used along ages by people transiting between Transylvania and the Danube or the Black Sea. In order to achieve such aims we have been exploring, starting from large scale LiDAR surveys, the circulation corridors’ diachronic archaeological fingerprint, preserved in the shape of repeatedly fortified landscapes. LiDAR surveys have been carried on continuously since 2018, by airplane, but also with portable sensors based on SLAM technology. The results of the LiDAR explorations were enhanced by field surveys, geophysical prospections and pin-pointed excavations, in order to elucidate the nature of anomalies or better contextualize the significance and layout of the roads’ routes. The results of these activities are resumed in a constantly updated, open access, online data base of archaeological sites - The archaeological index of South-Eastern Carpathians (AISEC). The current contribution details the essentials of HiLands research (aims, concepts, methods), in order to introduce in the scientific circuit the AISEC’s functions and instruments, ready to be used as citable work.</em> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e14ea30b75804f11b19dc9907cd845d02025-08-20T02:55:36ZengMega Publishing HouseJournal of Ancient History and Archaeology2360-266X2021-07-018210.14795/j.v8i2.631365UNHIDING FORESTED LANDSCAPES. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INDEX OF SOUTH-EASTERN CARPATHIANSValeriu Sirbu0Dan Stefan1Maria Magdalena Stefan2Eugen Silviu Teodor3Ionel Candea4Alexandru Popa5Sebastian Matei6Dragos Mandescu7Lucica Savu8Roxana Munteanu9Dan Buzea10Valeri Kavruk11Costi Croitoru12Stanica Pandrea13Calin Suteu14Bogdan CiupercaDaniel Garvan15Aurel Vîlcu16Theodor Isvoranu17Institute of Archaeology ‘Vasile Pârvan’ BucharestNational Museum of Eastern Carpathians, Sfântu GheorgheNational Museum of Eastern Carpathians, Sfântu GheorgheInstitute of Archaeology ‘Vasile Pârvan’ BucharestBrăila Museum ‘Carol I’National Museum of Eastern Carpathians, Sfântu GheorgheInstitute of Archaeology ‘Vasile Pârvan’ BucharestInstitute of Archaeology ‘Vasile Pârvan’ Bucharest;National Museum of Eastern Carpathians, Sfântu GheorgheInstitute of Archaeology ‘Vasile Pârvan’ BucharestNational Museum of Eastern Carpathians, Sfântu GheorgheInstitute of Archaeology ‘Vasile Pârvan’ BucharestBrăila Museum ‘Carol I’Brăila Museum ‘Carol I’Institute of Archaeology ‘Vasile Pârvan’ BucharestInstitute of Archaeology ‘Vasile Pârvan’ BucharestInstitute of Archaeology ‘Vasile Pârvan’ BucharestInstitute of Archaeology ‘Vasile Pârvan’ Bucharest<em>Starting with late 2018, a new archaeological research project has been unfolding in the framework funded by the Romanian Governmental Unit for Research and Development (UEFISCDI) dedicated to top fundamental research, as one of the few winners of 2016 edition (the single to date) of ‘Complex Projects for Frontier Research’ competition. The Project, whose aims and methods will be shortly presented further, is entitled ‘Hidden Landscapes: Exploratory Remote-sensing for the Archaeology of the Lost Roads, Borders and Battlefields of South-Eastern Carpathians’ (HiLands). It implements a systematic and diachronic investigation of the historic strategic circulation corridors crossing the South-Eastern part of the Carpathian Mountains – the main gate used along ages by people transiting between Transylvania and the Danube or the Black Sea. In order to achieve such aims we have been exploring, starting from large scale LiDAR surveys, the circulation corridors’ diachronic archaeological fingerprint, preserved in the shape of repeatedly fortified landscapes. LiDAR surveys have been carried on continuously since 2018, by airplane, but also with portable sensors based on SLAM technology. The results of the LiDAR explorations were enhanced by field surveys, geophysical prospections and pin-pointed excavations, in order to elucidate the nature of anomalies or better contextualize the significance and layout of the roads’ routes. The results of these activities are resumed in a constantly updated, open access, online data base of archaeological sites - The archaeological index of South-Eastern Carpathians (AISEC). The current contribution details the essentials of HiLands research (aims, concepts, methods), in order to introduce in the scientific circuit the AISEC’s functions and instruments, ready to be used as citable work.</em>https://jaha.org.ro/index.php/JAHA/article/view/631lidarmountain archaeologyold roadsbattlefield archaeologyforested areas archaeologydigital atlassouth-eastern carpathians |
| spellingShingle | Valeriu Sirbu Dan Stefan Maria Magdalena Stefan Eugen Silviu Teodor Ionel Candea Alexandru Popa Sebastian Matei Dragos Mandescu Lucica Savu Roxana Munteanu Dan Buzea Valeri Kavruk Costi Croitoru Stanica Pandrea Calin Suteu Bogdan Ciuperca Daniel Garvan Aurel Vîlcu Theodor Isvoranu UNHIDING FORESTED LANDSCAPES. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INDEX OF SOUTH-EASTERN CARPATHIANS Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology lidar mountain archaeology old roads battlefield archaeology forested areas archaeology digital atlas south-eastern carpathians |
| title | UNHIDING FORESTED LANDSCAPES. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INDEX OF SOUTH-EASTERN CARPATHIANS |
| title_full | UNHIDING FORESTED LANDSCAPES. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INDEX OF SOUTH-EASTERN CARPATHIANS |
| title_fullStr | UNHIDING FORESTED LANDSCAPES. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INDEX OF SOUTH-EASTERN CARPATHIANS |
| title_full_unstemmed | UNHIDING FORESTED LANDSCAPES. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INDEX OF SOUTH-EASTERN CARPATHIANS |
| title_short | UNHIDING FORESTED LANDSCAPES. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INDEX OF SOUTH-EASTERN CARPATHIANS |
| title_sort | unhiding forested landscapes the archaeological index of south eastern carpathians |
| topic | lidar mountain archaeology old roads battlefield archaeology forested areas archaeology digital atlas south-eastern carpathians |
| url | https://jaha.org.ro/index.php/JAHA/article/view/631 |
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