Virag, Cristian: Situl neolitic Halmeu - Vamă (Satu Mare, 2015)

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at the top and yellowish brown at the bottom of the feature. The walls were slightly inclined with a step on one of its sides, and the bottom is flat. There was little archaeological material found (fig. 61, 64);

Cx. 18 is an approximately round pit (2 x 2.2 m) with a maximum depth of 0.80 m (fig. 61, 65). The fill is dark brown at the top of the pit, and yellowish brown at the bottom. The walls are oblique, and the bottom is flat. The lower level of the pit contained lumps of fired daub;

Cx. 19 elongated feature (3,20 x 2,80 m) or, perhaps, two pits that intersect (fig. 61, 67). The fill was dark brown and there was scanty material. The maximum depth is 0.20 m;

Cx. 20 partially excavated pit (due to its position on the margin of the area affected by construction) with dimensions of 3 x 1.20 m and a depth of 0.70 m (fig. 61, 69). The bottom is slightly alveolate and its walls are oblique. The fill is dark brown;

Cx. 21 approximately circular pit (2.90 x 2.60 m). The maximum depth was 1.30 m (fig. 61, 67). The fill is dark brown with a slight transition to yellowish brown in the lower half of the pit. The walls are inclined inwards in the upper half of the pit and straight in the lower half. The bottom is alveolate. The ceramic and lithic material uncovered is abundant;

Cx. 23 oval pit (1.10 X 0.80 m) with the maximum depth of 0.24 m. The fill was dark brown in the upper part of the pit and yellowish brown at its bottom (fig. 61, 64). Between the two different fills there was a thin layer of 4 cm of dark brown clay with gravel and sand. The walls were slightly oblique and the bottom was flat;

Cx. 25 pit (2.70 X 2.40 m) with the maximum depth of 0.60 m The fill was dark brown. The wall on one side was straight and on the south-eastern side the wall was oblique and uneven with a step (fig. 61, 69). The bottom was flat. The material was consistent with a female figurine standing out;

Cx. 26 small circular pit (1 m in diameter) with a depth of 0.24 m and dark brown fill. The walls were inclined, the bottom was flat. Towards the south Cx. 26 meets the edge of Cx. 17 (fig. 61, 64). Its inventory consisted of a few ceramic sherds;

Cx. 27 circular pit (1 x 1 m) with dark brown fill and a depth of 0.30 m. The walls were arched and the bottom was slightly alveolate (fig. 61, 68). The inventory of the feature consists of few pottery fragments and daub;

Cx. 28 circular pit (0.90 x 0.90 m) with dark brown fill and of 0.10 m in depth. Its walls were inclined and the bottom flat (fig. 61, 70).

Cx. 29a circular pit (approximately 1 x 1 m) with dark yellowish-brown fill. Its maximum depth was 0.40 m. The stratigraphic relationship with Cx. 29 b could not be clearly identified (fig. 61, 64);

Cx. 29 b oval pit (1.60 x 1.10 m). The walls showed traces of strong burning (fig. 61, 64). The bottom fill was dark yellowish-brown the upper part fill was greyish-brown (ash?). The maximum depth was 0,40 m. The pit may have been a fireplace or an outdoor oven;

Cx. 30 pit with an oval shape at the detection level (1.65 x 2.70 m), with dark brown fill and numerous ceramic fragments and daub pigments. The walls of the pit were straight on the northern side and in the other parts were curved or uneven with steps (fig. 61,68). The inventory comprised a large amount of pottery, mainly fragments of pots, bowls and fruit bowls with high feet. Among them there was a ceramic fragment painted with bitumen and a miniature vessel. There was also lithic material: fragments of polished axes, querns and crushers;

Cx. 31 pit with an irregular oval-shaped contour (4.12 x 2.70 m). It could be clearly defined from the mustard-like brown sterile due to its dark grey colour. The fill was greyishbrown towards the margins of the walls and dark brown in the center. Towards the bottom there were two brown lenses. To the west, the pit took the shape of a trough

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