Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 29/3. (2009)
Győrfi Zalán: Un punct nou în topografia arheologică medievală a oraşului Târgu Mureş
186 GYŐRFl ZALÁN Franciscans and the second one in the Bolyai Farkas College, where traces of the medieval church have been found. In the same place, on the occasion of an archaeological investigation materials similar to the ones found at the town hall were retrieved. The historical tradition locates the medieval centre of the town - market place in the area of the Bolyai Street, a fact also confirmed more or less by the existence of the parish church in that place. At the end of the 15th century we have therefore an inhabited area around the Franciscan monastery and one on the other terrace of the Mures River, today the perimeter of the streets Bolyai, Tärgului, Kogálniceanu, Márton Áron. It appears that at the end of the Márton Áron street, in the south-western side of the terrace, where the Unirii Square is to be found today, we cannot prove the existence of an inhabited area, at least this is suggested by the lack of archaeological evidence. We can neither leave aside the presence of a market here, though this should have left some kind of traces, even modest ones, in the stratigraphy. It seems that an important part of the nowaday center of the town, meaning the Trandafirilor Square and the Victoriei Square were inhabited as well. Unfortunately the only strong archaeological argument is provided by the excavation from the Town Hall Palace, so that our hypothetical opinion needs the support of new archaeological studies. Cercetärile arheologice referitoare la istoria medievalä a ora§ului Tärgu Mure§, exceptänd investigabile sistematice din jurul bisericii reformate, au lipsit aproape cu desävär§ire in ultimele decenii. Din acest motiv suntem consträn§i sä ne bucuräm de orice aparitie nouä de urmä materialä medievalä din ora§, oricät de infimä ar fi ea. In rändurile ce urmeazä vom prezenta un sondaj arheologic efectuat in centrul istoric al ora§ului, care a scos la lumina zilei $i material medieval. Vom trece doar la valorificarea materialelor arheologice medievale, urmele pästrate din alte epoci istorice fiind doar mentionate. In urma unor lucräri de amenajare dintr-o salä aflatä in demisolul clädirii primäriei municipiului (camera 106) au apärut materiale arheologice, muzeul fiind sesizat prompt de cätre angajatii institutiei. Säpäturile cu caracter de sondaj1 s-au efectuat ре о arie foarte restränsä in cele douä sectiuni fiind descoperite douä complexe de secol XVII-XVIII §i unul medieval tärziu. Materialele medievale au apärut ре о suprafatä restränsä de cca 2 mp intr-un nivel de pämänt pigmentat cu cärbune §i lut galben, deranjat de amenajäri ulterioare moderne. Stratigrafia sitului Primul strat gros de circa 0,30 m avea culoarea cenu^iu deschis §i continea multe fragmente de cärämidä, tigle, pietre §i material databil la sfär§itul secolului al XIX-lea - inceputul secolului al XX-lea. Pänä la limita de 0,60 m s-а adäncit intr-un strat brun-cenu§iu cu fragmente de cärämidä, pietre, mortar, pigmenti de var §i lut galben, precum $i materiale ceramice, de metal §i osteologice ce se pot data, mai larg, in a doua parte a secolului XVII - secolul XVIII. Stratui de nivelare care ne intereseazä in special, §i care a pästrat §i materialele de care ne vom ocupa s-а aflat íntre limitele de 0,60 §i 0,84 m adäncime. Sub acesta s-а prefigurat un nivel de pämänt ars, cu multe fragmente de cärbune, cenu§ä §i putine fragmente ceramice ati- * Responsabilul de §antier: Soós Zoltán.
