Carsten Mischka

The site Războieni-Cetate comprises a Roman auxiliary castle of an ala and a civil settlement. Inscriptions testify to the presence of the ala I Batavorum milliaria at least for the period 136-253. Gradiometer surveys and the analysis of air photography show the unusual structure of the castle’s barracks the living and stable units of which were significantly larger than at comparable sites. Partly stone-built areas with ovens in the vicus further indicate the intensity of the civil use of the settlement.

Between 5th and 3rd centuries BC, in the East Carpathian regions of Romania, flourished the ancient culture of the Getae. The Getae built a significant number of forts, some of them of large size, testimonies of great constructive efforts. Unfortunately, few of the massive forts built in this period had benefitted from adequate research. The fortress of Poiana Mănăstirii-Între Șanțuri, located in the Țibana commune, Iași County, RO, had been in our attention in the last years. In 2017, the first geomagnetic survey was made on site together with a team from Germany. The results were promising, showing a number of anomalies, rests of possible structures. Like in the case of other contemporary forts, it seems that here also are areas inside the precinct with little if any archaeological traces. Considering these results, we started a test campaign with the aim to verify what appeared to be a burned structure as well as to establish a preliminary stratigraphic profile of the defensive rampart. The anomaly was generated by the remains of a Late Iron Age Getic dwelling. Interesting observations had been made also in the case of the rampart: it seems that the upper part had a system of wooden cassettes, covered with clay on the outer sides. We cannot exclude two phases of functioning. It remains for further investigations to bring shed more light on the chronology and general stratigraphy of the site

In spring 2015, the Cucuteni sites of Scânteia (Iași County), Izvoare, Răucești (both Neamţ County),
Ţigǎnești, Stănișești and Fulgeriș (all Bacău County) where surveyed by gradiometer. At Scânteia, more than 50
burned houses, ordered in parallel lines, as well as a threefold ditch system were encountered. The magnetograms from
Fulgeriș, Izvoare and Răucești revealed also the typical, massive ditch systems, which were used on most Cucuteni sites
for the settlement's delimitation. To a certain extend, at Fulgeriș the spatial order of a settlement, aligned along a
central pathway is visible, while the other sites where not similarly informative. As a multi–layer settlement Izvoare
exhibits a condensed picture of overlying structures, while Răucești, Ţigǎnești and Stănișești show different stages of
destruction by erosion, caused by modern land–use. These range from disarticulated, but still present features up to the
presumably complete annihilation of any archaeological substance. The results show the extraordinary potential of the
Cucuteni sites for future, extensive landscape–archaeology, but they also indicate the probably short time during which
these unique sources of archaeological information will remain intact for analysis under the circumstances of today’s
more and more mechanized agriculture

... Geomagnetische prospektion einer spätlaténezeitlichen viereckschanze bei mengen. Autores: . Carsten, Doris Mischka; Localización: Archäologische nachrichten aus Baden, ISSN 0178-045X, Nº 72-73, 2006 , págs. 39-45. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. ...

The site Slava Rusă, identified with the Roman settlement Ibida, is with more than 24 hectare one of the
most important fortified Roman settlements in the Romanian Dobruja (Moesia Inferior), providing especially
finds from Late Antiquity. The joint research project envisages an exhaustive geophysical survey of the site and its
surroundings. In a first stage the German-Romanian team focussed on certain areas extra muros and on a larger
plot inside the fortification. While the results from the surveys north and south-west of the ancient city limits had
been rather disappointing, the prospection inside the city walls delivered very interesting results of the architecture
during late antiquity. Several larger building complexes (“insulae”) and roads could be identified, a fact that
encourages the team to intensify the collaboration in the near future.