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Known in the historical literature because of some Neolithic and Hallstatt period discoveries, the site of Dealul Lupului lies on a plateau next to the Valea Mitii to the east, a valley which is the north affluent of Zalău Valley. The maximum altitude of the hill is 300 m, at 100 m from the valley’ level. The pottery discovered through the field researches dates to the Dacian and Roman periods. Due to the objective of the entire archaeological discharge followed by the planned investments, we excavated five trenches, 19 cassettes, and uncovered an area of 2.200 sqm. On the researched area we discovered 62 archaeological complexes, belonging to different ages: the Stone Age – Neolithic: 5; the Bronze Age: 7; the Iron Age – Hallstatt: 1; the Dacian period – La Tène: 16; the Roman period and Barbarians’ period: 20; the Early Middle Ages: 12; undatable: 1. Regarding the types of finds, we found a spectacular and large range. We discovered the following types of complexes: dwellings: 27; food storage and domestic pits: 11; pole pits: 5; kilns: 8; Roman latrines: 3; Barbarian tombs: 6; Roman fortifications (earth made castra): 2. The researches conducted here also led to the discovery of a Dacian period settlement, dating to the 3rd – 2nd centuries B.C., which is the first case in this county. A more spectacular discovery is the two Roman march or military campaign castra (later than the conquest of Dacia) at a distance of 10 km in front of the Limes, situated on the top of Meseş Mountains. Not less important is the discovery of the seven Germanic warriors cremation tombs which in fact are parts of a cemetery, which belongs, we think, to the first wave of Vandals who settled there. The Roman period settlement is important too, identified on the Roman castra, datable a little bit later than the cemetery.
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