Pop, Dan: The Middle Bronze Age Settlement of Petea-Csengersima (Satu Mare, 2009)
V. Catalogue of the Middle Bronze Age finds from Csengersima
Feature with rectangular outline and rounded margins, straight walls and inclined towards the outside; the fill was grey. It uncovered Roman Age ceramics and two fragments of the Bronze Age, of the Suciu de Sus culture, phase I. Dimensions: 120 x 120 cm; 22 cm deep. 1150 (Fig.ll; PI.53/3-11) Large feature with rectangular outline, oriented north-east - south-west, cut in the north by the Roman Age feature 1300, and in the south-west by feature 1028. The walls were straight and inclined towards the outside, flat bottom. The grey-yellowish fill with charcoal and daub uncovered ceramic fragments of the Bronze Age, of the Suciu de Sus culture, phase I. Dimensions: 520 x 880 cm; 30 cm deep. 1152 (Fig.ll) Large feature situated east of 1150. It is possible it belonged to the same feature. It is likely the trampled surface of the Middle Bronze Age was cut by the interventions of the subsequent ages. Feature 1152 occurred without a defined shape and it was interpreted as the culture layer of the Middle Bronze Age. It spread much towards the north and north-east and was yellow. The archaeological material originated from a rather large surface that corresponded to features 1301- 1305 and belonged to the Suciu de Sus culture, phase I. 1154 (Fig.ll; PI.54/7-8) Feature with likely circular outline and alveolar bottom. The grey-yellowish fill uncovered a layer of burnt clay and several ceramic fragments of the Bronze Age, of the Suciu de Sus culture, phase I. Dimensions: 110 x 100 cm; 14 cm deep. 1155 (Fig. 12; PI.55) Feature with almost rectangular outline, oriented east-west, with rounded margins; it went deeper in the southern side, and had an irregular shape. It was likely cut by another feature similar in fill with the first. It had dark fill with little daub and contained 3 Roman Age ceramic fragments besides the ceramics of the Bronze Age (34 pieces), of the Suciu de Sus culture, phase I. Dimensions: 490 x 390 cm; 40-60 cm deep. 1202, 1203, 1204 and 1205 Remainders of the Middle Bronze Age culture layer. Several ceramic fragments (146 pieces) of the Bronze Age, of the Suciu de Sus culture, phase I were found around features 1202, 1203, 1204 and 1205, close to each other. It's possible they originated from the culture layer of the Middle Bronze Age. The large quantity of materials on a rather small area pointed to the fact that they were likely to originate from one feature (house ?) that was destroyed. 1210 = 1083 B= 1210 A (Fig.15; Pl.42-45, 56-62) The large-sized feature 1210 with unclear outline occurred under the Roman Age features 1079, 1080, 1083. Another feature was revealed south of the feature 1210. It was numbered 1210 A; it had similar fill with the first one, and continues to the south with features 1597 and 1606. Its northern side was numbered with 1083 B because it was cut by the Roman Age pit 1083. 1079 - feature with oval outline, with straight walls, arched towards the bottom. The grey fill uncovered several ceramic fragments that belonged to the Bronze Age, the Suciu de Sus culture, phase I (22 pieces) and one fragment of the Roman Age. The feature belonged to the Roman Age, the Bronze Age materials had fallen from feature 1210 of the same age. Dimensions: 140 x 495 cm; 90 cm deep. 1080 (P1.41) - feature with oval outline, straight walls and inclined towards the outside; flat bottom. The upper part of the fill was dark, and the bottom part was grey-yellowish. The feature belonged to the Roman Age, but when it was excavated, another Bronze Age feature occurred, with grey-yellowish fill. The fill uncovered Roman Age ceramic fragments (8 pieces) and Bronze Age ceramics, of the Suciu de Sus culture, phase I (22 pieces). Dimensions: 110 x 440 cm; 45-55 cm deep (the Roman Age feature); 40 cm deep (Bronze Age feature). The large-sized feature 1210 appeared to have rectangular outline, with north-west - south-east orientation; the fill was yellow-greyish with charcoal and little daub, varying in thickness from 0 to 30 cm; it occurred with a yellow layer of 0-50 cm deep. The yellow-grey layer uncovered a great number of ceramic fragments of the Bronze Age, the Suciu de Sus culture, phase I. Dimensions: 300-450 cm in width. 1134 34
