A Nyíregyházi Jósa András Múzeum évkönyve 46. (Nyíregyháza, 2004)

Régészet - Sanda Băcueţ-Crişan: Burial rites in the Neolithic in Northwest Romania

Sanda Bäcuet-Cri§an 6. a) Säcuieni I Székelyhíd-Horo (Bihor county) b) Discovered during the excavation of 1965. c) The dead was in contracted position and laid on the right side on a bed of potsherd, which was composed of big broken fragments of pottery. The dead had both of arms bent, and palms placed on the right side of the face. Grave goods: a mug with curved sides and painted decoration, placed between the elbows and the knees, fragments of obsidian near his pelvis. The whole skeleton was covered with pottery fragments. d) COMSA-NANASI 1971,633-636. 7. a) Suplacu de Barcäu I Berettyószéplak (Bihor county) b) Systematic research of 1973-1992, 2002, D. Ignat. c) During the research three cremation graves have been discovered. Grave 1, found in 1984 in a very small pit, contained an urn and two offering vessels. The cremated remains belonged to a young woman. Grave 2 was found on the bottom of a 0.35 m deep pit, where the whole bottom was covered with a thin layer of burnt soil, under which a layer of coal and a few bones were found. The analysis of the bones proved their human origin. Grave 3 was found in a 0.45 deep pit. The bottom of the pit revealed strong traces of burnt human bones and a polished chisel. Under them there was a layer of broken stones. d) IGNAT 1998,57-58. 8. a) Ta§ad I Tasádfő-Cetcajeaua (Bihor county) b) N. Chidiosan's research. c) The calcinated bones of a 12-15 year old child were found in a 0.70 m deep and 0.45 m diameter pit. Grave goods: two pottery fragments, three obsidian pieces, an axe broken in three, and a fragment of axe. The tools had signs of burnt. d) IGNAT 1998, 57. 9. a) Täsnad / Tasnád-Sere (Sälaj county) b) Rescue excavation 2001,1. Németi, C. Astalo§. c) In a pit (feature 2) was found a contracted skeleton belonging to the culture of Starcevo-Cris. d) NEMETI-ASTALOS-GAL 2002, 310. 10. a) Zaläu I Zilah-Urojkert (Sälaj county) b) Systematic research of 1996 by Al. Matei, I. Bejinariu. A Roman Age settlement was excavated here. c) In a middle of a pit, a fragment of a pot was found with calcinated bones in it. Not far from it fragments of another vessel appeared. Part of the burnt bones were human ones, the rest belonged to animals. d) BEJINARIU 1997,9-15.