Municipium Novensium? : report on the field survey at Ostrite Mogili, Veliko Turnovo district

Abstract

The article presents field surveys made at the site Ostrite Mogili, 2km east from Novae, Moesia inferior (present northern Bulgaria). Materials registered during two surveys in 1979 and 2000, as also the localization of the site, indicate, that the settlement was probably a "vicus" situated beyond the area controlled by th emilitary camp. During the two field surveys materials visible on the surface (building materials, pottery, other finds) were registered within the area of over 10 ha. On this basis several maps of dispersed materials were drawn. This allowed to reconstruct hypothetical infrastructure of the site. The results of surveys brought the author to the conclusion, that the site existing from the 1st century A.D. could have been destroyeds eriously about the half of the 3rd century A.D. In Late Romanand Early Byzantine period the workshops could have been placed there.