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- Title
NOI INFORMAŢII ARHEOLOGICE PRIVIND EXPLOATAREA ANDEZITULUI LA MĂGURA UROIULUI (JUD. HUNEDOARA).
- Authors
Barbu, Marius Gheorghe; Bărbat, Ioan Alexandru
- Abstract
The volcanic rocks at Măgura Uroiului (Hunedoara County) were in the course of the time a particularly important resource for the human communities that worked within the neighbor areas. The first proofs of andesite of Uroi using are found in the Neolithic dwelling structures investigated at Măgura Uroiului or Rapoltu Mare; the rock was used also during the Bronze Age and the Iron Age when two fortifications were elevated nearby Uroi. In the Roman Age, the andesite quarry was systematically exploited, the vestiges of the antique procedures of stone releasing being visible up today. The strong relation with the Roman center from Micia made possible the discovery in an exploiting front at Uroi of an anthropomorphic sculpture in progress, presenting the artistic features of Micia School of sculpture. The andesite of Uroi continued to be used during the Middle Ages when a fortress was built in proximity. Vestiges of medieval and modern exploiting of andesite are also visible, different marks being kept from these times in the native rock.
- Publication
Banatica, 2017, Vol 27, Issue 1, p187
- ISSN
1222-0612
- Publication type
Article