AUTHOR: Alexandru Popa
PAGES: 163-174
LANGUAGE: Romanian with English abstract.
ABSTRACT: The Covasna County Archaeological Repertoire mentions a roman site in the place known as “Véczer” or “Véczer farka”. Some authors mention this site as being a “roman camp”. They say its role was to control the passage through the Olt corridor between Augustin and Racoş. The arguments of this appreciation are based mostly on “logical assumptions” rather than on verifiable arguments. Our researches of the surface give us reasons to doubt the correctness in identifying a roman camp in the “Baraolt-Véczer farka” point.
On the surface of the site we found a large amount of fragments belonging to masonry, tegulae, common use pottery, amphorae, terra sigillata, etc. In 2014 – 2015 we have begun a non-invasive evaluation of the site’s structure, taking a series of geomagnetic surveys on the accessible surfaces. The results of these researches, presented also during the conference, come to confirm the presence of an archaeological site at “Baraolt-Véczer farka”, with quite a consistent cultural layer. But the configuration of the discovered magnetic anomalies does not seem to confirm the existence of a roman military architecture underground. This hypothesis will be confirmed or infirmed in the following period, through punctual archaeological investigations.
Castrul roman de la Baraolt? Contribuții la repertoriul arheologic al județului Covasna/The Roman Camp at Baraolt? Contributions to the Covasna County Archaeological Repertoire