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Șanțul-Mare Pecica

Județul Arad, RO

Șanțul-Mare Pecica

Şanţul Mare (The Big Ditch) is an important archaeological site located 9 km west of Pecica, Arad County, Romania (previously named Rovine), near the border with Semlac commune and 600 m from the river Mureș. Multiple archaeological layers have been discovered, including the Bronze Age Pecica cultur

e and a large Dacian town, most likely Ziridava. "Șanțul Mare" is a mound located on the right bank of Mureş river, with an oval shape measuring 120 m in length and 60–70 m in width. The long axis of the mound has a north-east–west orientation, being parallel with the course of the river. The mound is part of a fluvial terrace, which was separated by a huge moat surrounding it on all sides, with the exception of the east-south-east side. There, a steep slope is separating it from the terrace through which the Mureş flows today. Because of this unique location, the mound is heavily fortified, but it is not yet known whether it was naturally separated from the rest of the terrace by an older arm of the river or this type of fortification was done by people, artificially.

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