Starting in 2021, a team coordinated by Dr. Alexandru Berzovan (Institute of Archaeology in Iași), composed of Dr. Mircea Oancă, Dr. Mircea Mamalaucă and Dr. Adrian Gâlea (Vasile Pârvan Museum in Bârlad) conducted archaeological research at the archaeological site of Albești-Cetățuia, which dates back to the early period of the Second Iron Age (5th-3rd centuries…
The Salsovia Fortress, located on the Sfântul Gheorghe branch of the Danube River, is part of the chain of Roman and then Romano-Byzantine fortified settlements that ensured the stability of Roman rule in the area between the Danube and the Black Sea, starting with the 1st century AD and until the first decades of the…
Starting in 2021, Dr. Marian Mocanu from ICEM Tulcea (as research coordinator) together with Dr. Sever-Petru Boțan from IA Iași started an archaeological research at Isaccea – Noviodunum (Tulcea county) at the point called Southern Civil Settlement. The purpose of this research is to verify the stratigraphy and chronology of the area where the civil…
The project aims to provide a synthetic and up-to-date reassessment of Sarmatian culture in the eastern Carpathian area, based on all known funerary discoveries dated to the 1st–3rd centuries AD. The research adopts an integrated approach to the study of nomadism on the western fringe of the Great Steppe, the geographical framework, Sarmatian identity as…
The project aims to systematically investigate, document, and interpret the burial mounds of north-eastern Moldova as key elements of the ancient cultural landscape. Through targeted archaeological exploration and non-invasive survey methods, the project seeks to identify, record, and catalogue mounds, documenting their physical characteristics, dimensions, construction features, and precise geographic locations. A central objective is…
Conducted by Victor Cojocaru at the Institute of Archaeology in Iași, the project “Pontic Greek Cities and Their Benefactors” represents a major scholarly contribution to the study of the ancient Black Sea world. Bringing together epigraphic, historical, and socio-political analysis, the project offers the first comprehensive monographic synthesis of euergetism – the practice of public…
The VARIA ARCHAEOLOGICA series, coordinated by Dr. Dan Aparaschivei and George Bilavschi, is an editorial project dedicated, in particular, to the publication of papers presented at the annual National Conference on Archaeology, organized by the Institute of Archaeology of Iași of the Romanian Academy-Iași Branch. The series will also include other monographic works on archaeology….
The research project Fontes Sarmatarum orae septentrionalis Ponti Euxini, carried out by Victor Cojocaru at the Institute of Archaeology in Iași, represents a major new step in the critical reassessment of the ancient history of the northern Black Sea region. Building upon the investigator’s substantial prior contributions to Pontic epigraphy and intercultural dynamics, the project…
