The Times before Fischer’s Furniture Store. The Preventive Archaeological Researches in Sfântul Gheorghe Square 2–3, Timișoara (Timiş County)

Intensive archaeological researches have been performed over the last years in the center ofTimișoara mainly due to edilitary and construction rehabilitation works. The present study introduces the mainresults of such a preventive research performed in Sfântul Gheorghe Square 2–3 that allowed us to documentthe habitation features over an area that is nevertheless restricted in size. The research envisaged an actualsurface measuring 15 × 3.7 m. There the team has defined five habitation levels on which we have investigatedarcheological features, the functionality of which is related to habitation spaces, storage pits, and a water well.Among the rescued materials one notes the presence of cooking pots, jugs, tableware items, but also of a seriesof artifacts such as a hook-and-eye closure, a ring, an agricultural tool, a mold, and a prick spur. The materialsrecovered from closed complexes date the habitation in question to the period between the 15th and the 17thcentury, but 18th-century constructions were also identified.