Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Urziceni. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2009)
Archaeological discoveries
bilateral teeth dates the dwelling in the 4th to 6th centuries AD. These combs were used both in the Roman provinces and by the Germanic peoples. An interesting feature was discovered next to the dwelling. It is a rectangular pit with burnt walls, oriented north to south, with fired clay of 2 cm thick on the walls. The fill is dark colored containing burnt wood and fired earth. These type of holes were discovered throughout the the Upper Tisa Basin, the area inhabited by the free Dacians and by the Germanic tribes. Based on Central European analogies, it can be assumed that they have roots in the Germanic culture. It can not be established the functionality of these pits, at this stage of the research, but it was supposed a connection with iron processing or other handicraft activities. Given the regularity of the north to south orientation, a cultic role can be supposed, too. Due to the great number of discoveries of this type, however, it is related probably to everyday activities. This Roman Age or Early Migration Period settlement discovered at Urziceni Vamă, was a rather small, isolated one. It comprised several households located to some distance from each other, and together with other similar hamlets, it formed a row of settlements on the terraces of brooks. During the construction works, an inhumation grave was found near the crossing-point of the border, in the garden of the frontier-guards barracks. A small survey Pieptene de os din epoca migraţiilor de la Urziceni-Vamă Népvándorlás kori csontfésű Csanálos-Vám lelőhelyről Bone comb of the Migration Period from Urziceni-Vamă site 11
