[ Enter the Past ] Vienna - Austria, 8-12 April 2003
 
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Valeriu M. Sirbu1/Dan A. Stefan2
1 Museum of Braila, Romania
2 University of Bucharest, Romania
A Dacian Sacred Enclosure in the Carpathian Mountains: Pietroasele-Gruiu Darii

The archaeological inventory discovered is from Eneolithic, Bronze Age and La Tène .
The essential question is - what type of monument is Gruiu Darii: a settlement, a fortress, a necropolis or a sacred enclosure?
The site was fortified with an impressive defence wall, and only three types of complexes were found inside: a) votive deposits of archaeological inventory in complexes of the mound-with-rings-at-the-bottom type, sometimes with fireplaces on the inside, b) fireplaces outside the rings, c) only a few pits!
The metods used in the research of these enclosure were the following: a) Digital archives from excavation and fieldwork; b) Mapping the past - binding cartography and archaeological databases using GIS; c) Digital Photography and Video recording; d) Interpretation of imagery using Photogrammetry corrections; e) Archaeological research by non-invasive techniques; f) Soil analysis; g) Virtual Reconstruction of the Past using 3D Virtual Reality.
What is also beyond doubt is that, given its monumentality and the richness of the votive deposits, Gruiu D`rii was an important sacred centre and that analysing and interpreting the vestiges will enrich substantially our knowledge of the spiritual life of the Geto-Dacian.

Keywords: Enclosure, Digital Photography, Virtual reconstruction

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