Egy 4. század végi - 5. század eleji teleprészlet Konop határában : kontaktzóna vagy kutatási stádium?

Archaeological investigations at the archaeological site Conop-”Cotărci/Pătul” were carried out in 2018 summer, connected to the modernisation of the railway infrastructure between Curtici and Simeria. The archaeological features unearthed at the site dated from the late Bronze Age, the late La Tène period, the beginning of the Hunnic period, and from the Middle Ages. The aim of the paper is to present the archaeological finds and features from the Hunnic period (last third of the 4th–first third of the 5th century), and to examine the role of the site in the context of its geographical position: it is in the contact zone between two neighbouring areas characterized by two distinct cultures, the late Sarmatian Barbaricum and the so called ”post-Chernyakhov” territory. The modest archaeological material comprises twelve features from the beginning of the Hunnic period, which contained potsherds and a bronze brooch. The ceramic finds suggest that the vessels at the site were specific and characteristic from the technological and typological point of view. The share of the wheel-thrown fine ware within the material shows similarities with that at the late Sarmatian sites in the Great Hungarian Plain, and it exceeds the proportion of wheel-thrown fine ware at the Chernyakhovian and ”post-Chernyakhovian” sites in the Transylvanian Basin. As far as the typological characteristics of the wheel-thrown fine ware are concerned, one can observe an amalgamation of shapes characteristic in the Sarmatian Barbaricum on the Great Hungarian Plain and those from the Chernyakhovian territories in the Transylvanian Basin. For example, two types of bowls can be distinguished, with semispherical and biconical shapes. The fast wheel-thrown gritty ware is not a typical technological category among the Sarmatian pottery in the lowland part of the Lower Maros Valley. In contrast, it appears in Conop, as well as at the Chernyakhovian sites in the Transylvanian Basin. Wheel turned pots tempered with quartzite and crushed pebble compose the most interesting group at the site from the technological point of view. The characteristic shape and decoration suggests links to the late Sarmatian sites of the Great Hungarian Plain. Here, this technological type of pottery appeared at the end of the 4th century without any precedent, while in the material of the Chernyakhovian sites in the Transylvanian Basin it was a widely applied technology from the 4th century on. Quartzite for the wheel turned pots – used for tempering the clay – was ”imported” from the territory of the Transylvanian Basin to the Great Hungarian Plain, since, according to the geological structures of the Great Hungarian Plain, this component was not available in the lowland area. All necessary conditions were present at the Chernyakhovian sites in the Transylvanian Basin to produce this type of pottery already from the 4th century: the technology of wheel turning, as well as certain shapes of pots, decorations, and the primary commodity for tempering, quartzite. Consequently, one can presume that the appearence of the type in the Great Hungarian Plain at the end of the 4th century might have been linked to a technological transfer from the Transylvanian Basin. The proof of this hypothesis requires further research. Neverthless, one should take into account that the above-mentioned territories were integrated into the structure of the Hun Empire from the end of the 4th century, which might have facilitated the transfer of technologies and objects

Archaeological Discoveries Linked to the “First Generation” of the Avar Conquerors Living East of the Tisa During the 6th-7th Centuries. The Grave Cluster in Nădlac – Site 1M

Four graves were excavated on site 1M at Nădlac. They could be dated to the the second part of the 6th century and the first part of the 7th century AD. Based on the 14C analysis, grave 86 can most probably be dated between 532 and 609 AD. This result indicates that the woman inhumed in the grave, aged 40-55 years, was very probably an immigrant who came from the East. The funerary rituals documented on site 1M in Nădlac can fit within the repertory of the regional environment characteristic of the area east of the Tisa in the the 6th and 7th centuries. Certain aspects of the ritual, however, like the burial of an entire calf in grave 86, draw attention to the danger of generalizations. In addition, we have attempted to perform a brief analysis of various aspects of the development of the dif- ferent concepts related to the nomadic lifestyle of the analyzed populations

Despre problema datării mormântului cx. 20A de la Pecica-Duvenbeck și a semnelor de cruce pe vasele ceramice din Bazinul Dunării mijlocie / On the Question of Dating the Tomb CX. 20A from PECICA-Duvenbeck and the Signs of the Cross on Ceramic Vessels from the Middle Danube Basin

Rescue excavation from Pecica-Duvenbeck from the year 2018 unearthed 582 complexes related to various periods, among them two groups of graves datable in the 7/8‒9th centuries. In a grave, complex no. 20A, there has been identified a pot, which has under the throat an incised cross sign. The skeleton, partially disturbed at the time of its robbery, seems to have been a woman adultus/maturus, with an estimated age of over 30 years. Besides presenting this interesting discovery, we also proposed a debate on the problem of the radiocarbon dating of the grave, because the same samples of the skeleton were analysed in two laboratories getting antagonistic results. However, in the light of typo chronology and the results of the other 8 samples from other graves in this funerary site, we can conclude that the grave can be dated at the end of the 7th and the first half of the 8th century. Out of the ceramic pot of the grave from Pecica, in only two cases we have been able to document cross-shaped marks on the wall of vessels in the Avar funerary environment (7–8th centuries); even cross-shaped marks were found in such non-Christian funerary contexts. Therefore, we think that the cross-shaped mark on the Pecica pot – in an environment dominated by a cultural habitus entirely different from the Christian world – was not a Christian symbol, but an interpretation as an apotropaic, i.e. as a symbol adopted and transformed according to the pagan mentalities of the 8th century, is a more plausible explanation

HEMORAGIA CEREBRALĂ FETALĂ DIAGNOSTICATĂ ANTEPARTUM

Diagnosticul antepartum al hemoragiei cerebrale fetale (HCF) este mai puţin raportat (0,9/1.000 naşteri) comparativ cu cel postpartum. Sunt prezentate două cazuri de hemoragie intraventriculară fetală, diagnosticate ecografic antepartum. Cazul 1: HCF diagnosticată ecografic la vârsta gestaţională de 28 de săptamâni de gestaţie şi confirmată postnatal prin prezenţa în LCR a hematiilor (număr semnificativ, ratatinate) şi a modificărilor semnalate de ecografia transfontanelară (hidrocefalie internă severă, ţesut cerebral minim). Decesul a survenit la 24 de ore postpartum (ex. histopatologic: hemoragie cerebrală intraventriculară). Menţionăm absenţa aparentă a factorilor de risc materni, negativitatea testelor TORCH. Cazul 2: hidrocefalie internă la vârsta de 37 de săptămâni de gestaţie şi confirmată la nou-născut (după cezariană) de modificările clinice caracteristice, suferinţa neurologică severă asociată cu modificări la ecografia transfontanelară şi aspectul hemoragic şi hipertensiv al LCR. Nu au fost depistaţi factori de risc materni. De asemenea, aparent nu au existat riscuri fetale: greutatea 2.820 g la 37 de săptămâni de gestaţie, teste TORCH negative, culturi şi CRP negative. Hidrocefalia a avut o evoluţie progresivă impunând ventriculotomii şi cisternotomii; plasarea unui şunt ventriculo-peritoneal în timpul celei de-a treia intervenţii neurochirurgicale a ameliorat prognosticul vital. Concluzii. Prezenţa hidrocefaliei a fost un semn ecografic fidel pentru diagnosticul HCF. Evoluţia şi prognosticul sunt influenţate de severitatea hemoragiei şi de vârsta gestaţională. Supravieţuitorii beneficiază de tratamentul neurochirurgical. Etiopatogenia plurifactorială, incomplet descifrată a HCF conduce la dificultăţi în stabilirea unui grup ţintă de screening, în scopul identificării acestei leziuni

Diagnosis and Management of Dysgerminomas with a Brief Summary of Primitive Germ Cell Tumors

Dysgerminoma represents a rare malignant tumor composed of germ cells, originally from the embryonic gonads. Regarding its incidence, we do not have precise data due to its rarity. Dysgerminoma occurs at a fertile age. The preferred treatment is the surgical removal of the tumor succeeded by the preservation of fertility. Even if a multidisciplinary team, founded in 2009 by a gynecologist, an oncologist, a pediatric oncologist and a pediatric surgeon, under the guidance of the Malignant Germ Cell International Consortium (MaGIC), studies this type of tumor, issues still remain related to the lack of a randomized study and to both the management and understanding of the concept of OMGCTs (ovarian malignant germ cell tumors). The aim of this review is to present from the literature the various approaches for this type of tumor, and, regarding innovative therapies or possible prevention, which can be applied in clinical practice. Multidisciplinarity and treatment in reference centers have proven their usefulness as well