Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Ciumeşti. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2010)
Archaeological Discoveries
habitation was particularly intense towards the end of the Copper Age and the early Bronze Age, specific artifacts of the Baden and Coţofeni Cultures were discovered at three sites within the territory of Ciumeşti Village, while ten additional sites were identified on the territory of Berea Village. The greatest number of the archaeological vestiges, discovered on the territory of Ciumeşti and Berea, dates back to the Bronze Age (3rd and 2nd millennia BC). All the archaeological cultures of this period, known in the area of Carei, are present at Ciumeşti and Berea. Three necropolises of the early Bronze Age, with urn cremation graves were identified here: two in Ciumeşti and one in Berea. Their corresponding settlements were identified in seventeen locations within the territory of the commune: four in Ciumeşti and thirteen in Berea. The most famous archaeological site is the necropolis at Ciumeşti-Bostănărie (Melon Field) site, where 25 cremation graves were researched. Traces of a settlement in Ciumeşti and three in Berea were discovered, all of them belong to the Otomani culture, dating to the 2nd millennium BC. Cremation graves of this culture, with rich ceramic inventory (probably the pottery used at the funerary banquet) were found at Ciumeşti-Bostănărie (Melon Field) and at Berea-Colina cu măcriş (Sour dock hill). A num-Amforetă din epoca timpurie a bronzului de la Berea-Cetatea Iepurelui Kora bronzkori amfora Bere-Nyúlvár lelőhelyről Early Bronze Age amphora discovered at Berea-Cetatea Iepurelui 9
