Aşezarea getică întărită de la Cotu-Copălău

Abstract

The archaeological researches of Get-Dacian fortification from Cotu village, the point Jorovlea or Juravlea (Copălău commune, Botoșani county) took place in 1985,1988 and 1990. Situated in a strategic place, between Suceava Plateau and the Moldavian Plain, the citadel had two phases: a newer phase, from the IVth-IIIrd c. B.C. and an older one (Plate I and fig. 1). The older phase appears a little and revealed a few materials. The new phase, from the IVth-IIIrd c. B.C. is illustrated by a rich material: iron mattock (and iron slag), fragments of amphoras from Mende and Thasos, autochthonous hand made ceramics, clay spindles, clay pearls, a „clanking” etc. The dwellings were protected by a fosse and by a ground wall with stockade.

Translated by Virgil Mihăilescu-Bîrliba