Archaeology and Nationalism. The Endless Struggle for Dăbâca (g.: Dobeschdorf; h.: Doboka). Thoughts on Research Development and Archaeological Realities

Gáll, Erwin (2016) Archaeology and Nationalism. The Endless Struggle for Dăbâca (g.: Dobeschdorf; h.: Doboka). Thoughts on Research Development and Archaeological Realities. COMMUNICATIONES ARCHAEOLOGICAE HUNGARIAE. pp. 257-323. ISSN 0231-133X

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Abstract

The excavation of Dăbâca castle started in the early 1960s. The contextualizat ion of the results was heavily inluenced by ideological preconceptions since the fortiication was identiied as the political-military centre of legendary “ lord Gelou” by archaeologists, based on the material of only three seasons of ar chaeological research and a written source from a much later period. According to the archae ological and numismatic inds, the fortiication was built in/after the irst third of the 11 th century, but the castle system reached the peak of its life in the 12 th century. This is clearly demonstrated by the coins those were found in t he graves in Castle Area IV, A. Tămaş’s garden and the graveyard of Boldâgă/Boldogasszony, just l ike by the diverse structures of the settlement. The transformation of the castle as a pol itical and administrative center can be dated to the late 13 th century. It seems that the changes in Dăbâca’s role were not the result of the Mongolian invasion, and can be traced back to other, both administrative and political reasons.

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