Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 11-12. (1981-1982)
I. Arheologie
38 VALERIU LAZAR 8 foarte pur, are о structura granularä, omogenä, finä §i nu prezintá incluziuni de ale minerale. Menfionäm ca un semn distinctly aceastä punitate a cuprului nativ folosit de oamenii eneoliticului, pe care nu о regäsim la cuprul obfinut pe cale metalurgicä, atit in trecut cit §i in prezent. Mineralul indus in cuprul metalurgic $i destul die greu de eliminat in mod obi^nuit, este cupritul (CU2O). Acesta lipse?te in piesele eneolitice analizate. La suprafata pieselor cu structura fin granularä, apar obi§nuitele produse de alterare ale cuprului finut sub influenfa factorilor climatici, externi, §i anume: mineralele: cuprit (СигО), tenorit (CuO) §i malachit (Си2(ОН)2СОз). Provenienfa cuprului eneolitic о presupunem autohtonä, bazindu-ne pe faptul cä in unele puncte ale färii apar §i in prezent granule de cupru nativ pur, de diverse märimi §i in cantitati remarcabile. Cu atit mai mult presupunem cä in timpul atit de indepärtat, cantitäfile de cupru nativ erau mai mari $i mai frecvente. Ca iviri posibile pentru colectarea cuprului nativ in eneolitic, ca §i in prezent, citäm: zona minei Bälan, la izvoarele Oltului §i a Mure^ului; zona Le§ul Ursului-Ostra in Carpatii Orientali; Zona $inea Nouä din Carpatii Meridionali, unde apar filoane cuproplumbo-zincifere; zona1, Baia de Arie$ in Muntii Apuseni; zona Cavnic— Bäiut—Baia Sprie, jud. Maramure$; zona Pätir§—Lipova, Dognecea— Оспа de Fier §i Moldova Nouä — Sasca ——• Oravifa, in Banat. Prof. dr. doc. EUGEN STOICOVICI HEIGHT SETTLEMENTS WITH COTOFENI TYPE TERRACES FROM TRANSILVANIA (IV) (Summary) In spite of the fact that there have been made particularly diggings of little extent (excepting Clinic, $incai), the archeological discoveries in this type of settlements are reflecting a lot of aspects from economic life, providing in this way the documentary evidence of a mixt economy. Primitive agriculture was a remarkable occupation. Growth of animals, as well as trades (spinning, weaving etc.) were equally practised. On the centrary, hunting represented an occupation of secondary importance in the process of food supplying. The discovered archeological evidences, as well ^s the structure of these settlements prove the stable, lasting character of the height settlements with terraces, thus invalidating the old view according to which the Cotofeni type culture would be the product of some nomadic or seminomadic communities. All these conclusions are founded on the ample, systematic researches made by the author during a whole decade and justified by the archeological evidences of great richness and diversity that have been discovered.
