Summary (English)
The archaeological campaign at the Princely Court in Suceava was conducted in 2004 in order to obtain new data on the archaeological complexes, and to look into not yet excavated areas, in various locations of the site. In the west area of the north wing of the Court palace we opened a new cassette in order to determine in the plan the sizes of the complex C9 (stone cellar dating to the first half of the 15th century). We identified the south-west corner of the complex L7 (the wooden cellar of a dwelling from the 14th century). In the filling of the cellar we discovered bulky fired adobe remains, carbonized beams, a considerable amount of terra-cotta plates from the stove that fell over the cellar when the whole dwelling crumbled, iron nails and cramps, and, in a smaller amount, coarsewares. The lack of a richer inventory might be explained also by the fact that before the devastating fire destroyed the buildings in the area, their owners must have removed their goods. In the central room of wing C5 (that must have been “the access corridor to the inner courtyard” of the Princely Court) two more cassettes were opened, in order to obtain new planimetric data. To identify the south side of the complex C6 we opened the cassette C12/2004, a vaulted stone cellar dating to the reign of Alexander the Good (1400-1432). The external sizes of this complex proved to be 9.8 m long and 6.6 m wide. Chronologically we failed to find elements likely to bring about the revision of the earlier data.
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