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

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one settlement of the Middle Neolithic Age is known in the area, at Rákóczi-vár-dűlő, being inhabited by people of the linear pottery culture. Unfortunately, this place can not be identified today.

The objects made of metal, copper and gold were used for the first time around the year 3000 BC. The climate became colder and more humid, accelerating the formation process of the swamp. This process caused significant change in the daily life of the population. Husbandry became more important than the farming. Continuing the Neolithic traditions, the bearers of the Tiszapolgár culture of the Eneolithic (Copper) Age continued their habitation in the Péterzug area. Another Eneolithic settlement was discovered in the site of Egerdűlő. A number of other settlements of this Age can be identified in the wider area of Nagyecsed, proving that the environment of the region was especially suitable for husbandry.

The use of bronze was spread in the Carpathian Basin around 2000 BC. There are no finds in Nagyecsed, and in the wider region dating from the Early Bronze Age. The area was settled again during the middle Bronze Age, the material culture of the population was characterized by the use of ceramic vessels decorated with spiral knobs. Tough, a dense settlement-network was formed only in the period of the Gáva culture (1300-900 BC) of the Late Bronze Age. The swamp has withdrawn during this period, thus it ensured a wider field for agriculture and husbandry. The popuduv- •Jajunk ÁtiAptanée/ttneÁ: t^éec^£a/i/

Depozite de bronzuri descoperite la Ecedea Bronzdepók Ecsed környékéről Bronze deposits discovered at Ecsed