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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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