Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Căuaş. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2009)

Archaeological vestiges

great number of fired buildings was found on the territory. The large amount of pottery revealed by the plow shows an intense habitation. Two moulds for bronze objects and a great number of bronze pieces remained from the casting attest an intense practice of metallurgy. A bronze weapon-ax and an arrow point were found in the settlement, among many clay statues representing animals and humans, and cereal grinders. It is possible that the gold bracelets that were discovered nearby relate to the settlement. A beautiful sword with a cup at its handle was discovered in the area of the Togul Mare, in Ghenci, and it dates from the same period with the settlement of Sighetiu. Traces of a settlement were revealed near the site, where the sword was found. Other settlements were discovered in the area Ghenci-Păpurişte, in the gardens of Răduleşti village, and in the stables area of Hotoan. The large number of settlements from 1100- 750 BC point to the existence of several villages not fit with fortifications, surrounding the center of Sighetiu. After the intensely inhabited Late Bronze Age, only one settlement is known from the period until the middle of the 1st millennium BC. Archaeological excavations were carried out in the area of the Lutărie in Ghenci, revealing traces of dwellings and waste pits. To the same period belongs a cemetery that was investigated in the same locality in the area called Movila Spânzurătorii. The graves had funerary urns covered with a lid, and were attributed to the Thracians. Two settlements were found dating around the year 350 BC, the period when the Celts had arrived from Central Europe. One of them is located in the locality of Ady Endre (in the point called the

Pieptene de os din epoca migraţiilor de la Ghenci-Lutărie Népvándorlás kori csontfésű Genes - Agyagbánya lelőhelyről Migration Age bone comb from Ghenci-Lutărie site

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