Lamps from the Roman Fortification of Čezava – Castrum Novae as Chronological Indicators of the Startigraphy of Cultural Layers

Abstract

Roman ceramic oil-lamps are chronologically sensitive archaeological finds, as their forms and ornamentation often changed through their production history. Typological analyses of these items has resulted in numerous typologies of Roman ceramic lamps from all across the Roman Empire. Although some types of Roman lamps were very precisely dated, sometimes they do not correspond to the relative chronology of the stratigraphy at archaeological sites. In this paper we present the results of the typological and chronological analysis of Roman ceramic lamps related to relative chronology based on the stratigraphy of cultural layers, construction phases and archaeological units in the fortification of Čezava – Castrum Novae at the Roman Danube Limes, dated from the end of 1st to the 6th century.