The archaeological research at Balomiru de Câmp (Şibot commune, Alba County) was undertaken in the framework of Autostrada National Research Project and was carried out in April-May 2012. The archaeological excavations led to the discovery of 13 archaeological complexes: a Roman building and its debris, 8 dwellings and 2 kilns from the Early Medieval period.The Roman building represents an annex of a rural Villa type complex from the 2"d-3'd c. Due to intensive agricultural works and natural phenomena, the only preserved part of the building is the foundation. Out of the numerous findings discovered in the building's context we can mention a stamped ceramic lamp (FA VOR I F) and two tile fragments bearing the stamp of a local manufacturer (L S).The medieval dwellings belong to a settlement from the l l 1h-13 1 h c.; the structure 's size cannot be accurately determined at this point of the investigations. The artefacts found in the dwellings are similar to other finds of early medieval period made along the Mureş Valley. Among them we can mention a large quantity of pottery (such as ceramic cauldrons, cooking pots and pot lids along with metal artefacts (an iron spur, an arrowhead, a spearhead etc.)A particular feature of the site is represented by the wide spread network of modem draining ditches covering an important area of the investigation area, which overlap or cut in some cases the archaeological complexes making their stratigraphy difficult to interpret. KEYWORDS: preventive archaeology, early medieval dwellings, the Mureş Valley, Early Medieval pottery CUVINTE CHEIE: arheologie preventivă, locuinţe medievale timpurii, Valea Mureşului, ceramică medievală timpurie CONSIDERAŢII GENERALECercetările arheologice de la Balomiru de Câmp (corn. Şibot, jud. Alba) au fost efectuate în cadrul Proiectului National de Cercetare "Autostrada" 1• Evaluarea teoretică a urmărit realizarea unei documentări de arhivă, cât mai complete, asupra diverselor categorii de surse istorico-arheologice (texte, fotografii, hărţi, schiţe etc.) şi a referinţelor bibliografice relevante, dar şi a celor aerofotografice de arhivă, precum şi realizarea unor observaţii directe pe teren (în perimetrul vizat) pentru identificarea zonelor susceptibile să conţină vestigii arheologice, având în vedere semnalările anterioare.Cercetările arheologice cu caracter preventiv, efectuate în primăvara anului 2012, în perioada martie-mai, au confirmat potenţialul arheologic, semnalat anterior, fiind identificate şi cercetate exhaustiv 13 complexe arheologice: o clădire din epoca romană, opt locuinţe medievale, două cuptoare de exterior şi două şanţuri moderne 2 .1 În urma solicitării firmei STRABAG S.R.L. adresate Muzeului Naţional de Istorie a României, între cele două părţi s-a încheiat un contract de prestări servicii în vederea efectuării cercetărilor arheologice preventive pe traseul viitoarei autostrăzi A I Orăştie-Sibiu, Lot I Orăştie-Sebeş (km O ---> km 24+ I 00), în scopul întocmirii documentaţiilor necesare derulării procedurii de descărcare de sa...
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