Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Ciumeşti. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2010)

Archaeological Discoveries

number of the settlements is explained, too, by the Celts’ lifestyle, which used to live in hamlets and isolated farms.

During the Roman period, the area of the present Ciumeşti Commune was a place of cultural confluences. The northern cultural block of the Germanic tribes and of the free Dacians, respectively the southern block of the Sarmatian tribes met here. These tribes were sometimes at war with each other, but there were periods, when they jointly attacked the Roman Empire. Although no archaeological excavations were made here, the field surveys of Priest Kovács, revealed a particularly intense habitation of the area. Pottery fragments and traces of dwellings were found at the following sites: Berea-Togul lui Sultész (Berea IXa), Berea-Togul dolarului (Berea IXb), Berea-Colina cu măcriş (Berea X), Berea-Platoul acastăului (Berea XI), Berea-Viile Berei (Berea Xlla, b), Berea-Lutăria din Berea (Berea XVIII), Berea- Togul evreului (Berea XX), Berea-La soci (The Elders, Berea XXI), Berea-Râtul din via Berei, Berea-Groapa de animale, Berea-Grajduri CAP, Ciumeşti-Bostănărie (Ciumeşti lib), Ciumeşti- Colţul păşunii (Ciumeşti V), Ciumeşti-Biserica reformată. A Roman coin minted by Emperor Lu-Ac de bronz din epoca târzie a bronzului, sec. XIV-XII î. Hr. Késő bronzkori tű a Kr. e. 14-12. századból Bronze pin, 14th-12,h century BC

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