Liviu, Marta - Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Andrid. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2011)
Mărturii arheologice
community. Such a fortified center was identified through aerial photography at Andrid - Dealul Taurului, while the geomagnetic scan of the site established of its circular shape. The settlement at Dindeşti - Cetate date from the same period, as it was proved through archaeological excavations of 1965. The fortification of Dindeşti - Cetate was (re)used during medieval times, therefore its prehistoric beginnings could not be identified, its circular shape and dimensions are similar to the Bronze Age fortifications, which suggests that Dindeşti was a power-center during the Bronze Age. The dwellings at settlements of Andrid, and especially at the one of Dindeşti, extend well beyond the fortified area. As in the great civilizations of the East, the fortified acropolis housed the elites, while they were flanked by the open settlement inhabited by commoners. Despite the fact that it was a period of stability, the conflicts between communities (or leaders) should not be excluded, as the special weapons of the time suggest the existence of a true warrior caste. Among these weapons, the beautiful bronze sword d.onated to the Hungarian National Museum by the Irinyi family must be remembered, which sword might come from the estate of Irina. It is possible that the settlement from Andrid - Dealul Taurului ended in such a conflict, as it either fell under the domination of the fortress of Dindeşti, which had a longer span or under the newly created fortress of Pir. All seem to point to the traces of a conflict among a large number of people killed violently, traces which were discovered in a common pit in the livestock at Andrid, on the border of an Otomani culture settlement. The social and economic system represented by the Otomani culture went extinct without clear reasons yet. Based on the emergence of Western-style cultural elements, one considers an ethnic contribution in this direction. However, these elements mixed with local cultural elements Fibulă din argint de la Dindeşti, sec. V d. Hr. Érdengelegen talált ezüstfibula a Kr.u. 5. századból Silver fibula from Dindeşti, 5th cent. AD. 11
