CIMITIRELE RECENTE ALE VINŢULUI DE JOS. O CONTRIBUŢIE ARHEOLOGICĂ

The rehabilitation works of the railways in the area of CFR Vințu de Jos station carried out starting with the autumn of 2014 entailed the preventive archaeological research of the objectives identified as sites in this perimeter. Based on this information, the “Site 8” (“Deasupra Satului”) was conventionally delimited between km. 428+700-429+500. Two cemeteries from the 20th century were researched here: one Reformed, another Greek Catholic. The coins found in two tombs (M1 and M17) were issued in 1924. Some tombs also retain traces of textiles, but most preserve the iron nails of the coffin. Archaeological research has allowed the re-identification of the Greek Catholic cemetery (disbanded in 1948), the capture of the foundation of a fence, but also the recovery of data on burials from that period, such as throwing money into the grave. Following the investigation, the graves were exhumed by local churches and reburied in today’s cemeteries.