Virag, Cristian: Situl neolitic Halmeu - Vamă (Satu Mare, 2015)
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preserved the prints of some parallel rods. Many ceramic shards were found among the daub pieces (including two vessels broken on place) and fragments of polished axes; Cx. 4 is a rectangular archaeological feature (6.40 x 7.20 m), slightly irregular, with dark-gray fill with much scattered daub in the upper part of the fill (fig. 61, 63). In this feature three pits were distiguished forming a clover-shaped assamblage. Its inventory comprises a rich ceramic material, some fragments decorated by incision or painted with black bituminous substance. The bottom of the feature revealed a vessel placed upside down; Cx. 5 appeared as a dark, large spot under the Cx. 3 daub platform. After digging a layer of 0.20 m, the cleaning revealed a change in the contour of the archaeological feature that took the shape of a ditch oriented north-south (Cx. 5a). Its length was 9.60 m and the width at its uncovering level was 2.60 to 3 m. The fill was dark with brown intrusions. The walls were slightly irregular and tilt inwards, the bottom was flat and 0.60-0.70 m wide (fig. 61, 66). The depth was slightly variable and went to a maximum of 1.30 m; Cx. 6 appeared at first as a distinct archaeological feature but the excavation revealed it to be part of the Cx 2 ditch (fig. 61, 62, 147); Cx. 7 was an oval-shaped feature (1.60 x 1.10 m) discovered nearby Cx. 2 with a few shards in it (fig. 61, 62). The fill is greyish-brown, its walls are slightly inclined and the bottom is flat. The maximum depth is 0.60 m; Cx. 8 was an almost round feature (1.20 x 1.10 m) discovered nearby Cx. 4 (fig. 61). The fill was greyish-brown. It contained numerous fragments of scattered daub. The walls are strongly inclined inwards and the bottom is flat. The maximum depth is 0.40 m; Cx. 9 was an oval-shaped feature (3.80 x 2 m) with greyish-brown fill. In the southern part it deepens with an oval pit with bell-shaped walls and a flat bottom (2 x 1.4 m) and numerous materials in the fill (fig. 61, 66). The maximum depth is 0.90 m; Cx. 10 was a daub platform (9 x 2 m) with irregular shape, with daub in secondary position and with scattered pottery among daub; Cx. 11 was an oval feature (2.2 x 1.60 m) that went 1.8 m deep (fig. 61, 63). The feature contained clusters of ceramic fragments, querns, and lithic pieces. The feature was a storage pit, with bell-shaped walls and flat bottom. There was a posthole identified nearby the feature; Cx. lib was an oval feature (2.5 x 1.70 m) deepening into two other oval-shaped pits (1 X 0.60 m). The feature provided clusters of ceramic fragments, querns and lithic pieces. Both Cx 1 la and Cx. lib may relate to Cx. 4 (fig. 61, 63); Cx. 12 had the form of a ditch (5.60 x 0.80 m) with light brown fill and big pieces of daub, faceted on one side (fig. 61). The walls of the ditch are slightly inclined and its bottom is flat. The feature went 0.40 m deep from the level of its identification; Cx. 13 was circular in plan with a diameter of 2 m and was identified under a cluster of daub (fig. 61, 71). The feature has the bottom slightly alveolar, dark brown fill and scattered daub and pottery fragments; Cx. 14 placed nearby Cx. 4 (fig. 61, 63), was an oval feature (4 x 2 m) that at a depth of 0.30 metres took the shape of two intersecting circular pits (with a diameter of 2 and 1.8 metres respectively). The feature contained ceramic fragments, lithic pieces and daub fragments; Cx. 16 is an oval-shaped feature (2 x 1.5 m), with a dark brown fill, oblique walls, and flat bottom (fig. 61, 65). The feature was 0.60 m deep. Cx. 17 oval pit (1.80 x 1.40 m) with the maximum depth of 0.60 m. The fill is dark brown Abriged version 83
