Smallfinds of all times. The 5^th International Symposium on Archaeological Finds and Their Significance 

Between the 23^rd and 25^th of March three persons from our team participated at the conference about archaeological smallfinds organized in Geoagiu Băi by the Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilization from Deva. The place, named in Roman times Germisara is famous because of the Roman thermal bath, which is spectacular, but the whole area offers valuable touristical points.

In the first two days of the symposium were held several presentations about interesting finds from the Neolithic to Medieval times, by researchers from Romania, Bulgaria and France. Some of the researchers singled out rare finds, others chose groups of finds and presented a broad analysis from functional, typological, contextual and geographical point of view. The subjects were very varied, presenting artifacts from all over Europe. On the third day the whole team visited the Dacian fortress from Ardeu, the Roman fort from Cigmău, the XI^th century church from Geoagiu, named Rotonda and a fascinating waterfall named Clocota. The symposium was a great experience, which gave researchers the opportunity to tell the “stories” of special finds.