Monumental archaeological discovery in Covasna

One of the most important archaeological discoveries in Romania comes to demonstrate the fact that Dacian lived in Transylvania and their continuity in that province during an entire millennium. According to a paper published for the first time by ‘Adevarul’ daily the specialists have discovered a complete settlement made up of a village and a graveyard, at the archaeological site in the locality of Olteni, Commune of Bodoc, the County of Covasna.

The specialists believe that Olteni has been harbouring the oldest testimony of a documented Dacian village, and that the area uncovered irrefutable evidence of the presence of Dacian in those territories up to the V century, therefore for a millennium, prior to, during and after the Roman occupation. “This is the first time that we can document a Dacian community by more than one vestige, through a whole settlement – a village plus a graveyard – a necropolis, in Transylvania,” stated Valentin Sarbu, grade I scientific researcher and Deputy Director of the Museum of Braila.

“We have uncovered homes as well as the graveyard from the IV-III centuries B.C. This is how we can demonstrate a Dacian presence in those territories, since that time until the Roman conquest and after that. There is a Dacian settlement from the IV-V centuries A.D. nearby that demonstrates the continuity of Dacian throughout a millennium, standing on several sq. km’ added Valeriu Sarbu.

“It is an exceptionally important discovery, especially the Dacian necropolis, because it is the only one from the IV and III centuries B. C. that has been found in Transylvania so far,” continued archaeologist Dan Buzea, quoted in the same material, the head of the Heritage Research Department of the National Museum of the Eastern Carpathians.
by Nine oClock