Between July 24 and August 11, 2023, the systematic archaeological research campaign took place in the cemetery from the Avar era (VI–IX centuries) from Noșlac, organized as part of an international project. Students from Cluj-Napoca and Budapest participated in the excavations.
Within the international project "Production, redistribution and society in the early medieval Middle Danube Basin. Tracing the local in the emerging European world system (7th-11th centuries AD)" the archaeological excavations were resumed in the cemetery from the Avar era in Noșlac (Alba county). The first investigations took place at the beginning of the 1960s, when more than 124 graves were discovered, most of them dated to the Avar era (end of the 2023th century - beginning of the 24th century). The 11 campaign took place between July 15 and August XNUMX, with the participation of students from the "Babeș-Bolyai" University in Cluj-Napoca and the "Eötvös Loránd" University in Budapest, who did the internship in this archaeological excavation. XNUMX tombs from the Avar era were identified and researched, as well as several prehistoric complexes. Research will continue next year.
Partner institutions: Hungarian National Museum, Budapest; "Eötvös Loránd" University, Budapest; Institute of Archeology and Art History, Cluj-Napoca; The National History Museum of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca; "Vasile Pârvan" Archeology Institute, Bucharest; National Museum of Alba Iulia Union, Institute of Archeology of Charles University, Prague
