A Nyíregyházi Jósa András Múzeum évkönyve 43. (Nyíregyháza, 2001)
Régészet - János Németi: Short review of the Árpád Age cemetery part from Mezőfény (Foieni)
A mezőfényi (Foieni) Árpád-kori temetőrész rövid áttekintése Short review of the Árpád Age cemetery part from Mezőfény (Foieni) In Carei region 40 sites are known, mainly settlements but there are graves, as well. These finds were dated to the 11 th and 13 th centuries and belong to the Árpád Age: Cäuas. (Érkávás), Sälacea/Otomani (Szalacs/Ottomány), Adoni (Éradony), Vasad (Vasad), Tarcea (Értarcsa), Valea lui Mihai (Érmihályfalva) - Krizsán kert, Curtuiu§eni (Érkörtvélyes), Ciume§ti (Csomaköz), Berea (Bére), Foieni (Mezőfény), Carei (Nagykároly) - Bobáld, Carei (Nagykároly) - Kozárd, Carei (Nagykároly) - Szennyvíztisztító telep (sewege plant), Carei (Nagykároly) Klára-major, Ghenci (Genes), Berveni (Börvej), Cämin (Kálmánd), Cäpleni (Kaplony), Domane§ti (Domahida), Ghilvaci (Gilvács), Craidorolt (Királydaróc), Acás. (Ákos), Chisäu (Pele-Keszi), Pi§colt (Piskolt), Resighea (Részege). In fact, settlements are the former places of the today villages or the remains of the villages destroyed during the Mongol invasion (1241). These were mainly small settlements being composed of some houses. The majority of the finds consists of pottery decorated with parallel lines and patterns of stamped squares (a complete vessel from Pi§colt). Wheel-made kettle-like vessels (Tonkessel) were discovered on the above mentioned settlements. This type of vessels appeared in the 11 th century and was used during the Árpád Age until the Mongol invasion (1241) (TAKÁCS 1986.). Sporadic graves and parts of cemeteries are known from the following places: Unimät (Újnémet) - Dälboci, Sälacea (Szalacs), Curtuiu§eni (Érkörtvélyes), Foieni (Mezőfény) (cemetery), Moftinul Mic (Kismajtény) (cemetery). Salvage excavations were conducted in Foieni and Moftinul Mic, during which two parts of cemeteries were discovered. The graves of the cemetery from Moftinul Mic were poor in finds. Among the finds of 13 unearthed graves a simple bronze lock ring, glass pearls, a neck-ring made of bronze or silver are to be mentioned. This part of the cemetery (according to the observations the cemetery must have been larger) is dated to the 10 th-11 th centuries. In the cemetery of Foieni, 32 graves were discovered. This site was rich in artefacts. Frequently found bronze and silver lock rings with S-shaped end, rings, animal-headed bracelets, coins from the Árpád Age (among them one belonging to King Kálmán Könyves - 1095-1116) can be dated to the ll th-13 th centuries (NÉMETI 1986/87. 111-112.). Similar cemeteries are known from both from Transylvania (Zäbala/ Zabola and Peteni/Petőfalva) and from Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county in Hungary (NÉMETI 1999. 158.). Translated by Tünde Németi János NÉMETI Orä$enesc-Museum b-dul 25 Octombrie nr. 1. Ro-3825 Carei
