Marta, Liviu: The Late Bronze Age Settlements of Petea-Csengersima (Satu Mare, 2009)
IV. Habitation of the Lăpuş II-Gáva I Archaeological Culture
culture, however it continues to appear in Lăpuş only on bowls and dishes363. On one hand, the lack of these ornaments from the cups of the necropolis at Lăpuş* 564 suggests a secondary position in the case of the cups from Petea—Csengersima. On the other hand, the presence of these vessels within the finds from the region of Carei565 leaves also the possibility of a long survival of cups with excised decoration. The triangles formed from linear incisions (ID), present on a single pottery fragment (PI. 9/14) are the only decorative motifs obtained through delicate/fine incisions. In the late phase of the Suciu de Sus culture there are similar motifs566, although fine incision is not specific of this cultural phase. Concerning the technique used, the type ID ornament is similar to certain special decorative motifs on some of the vessels from the necropolis at Lăpuş567. The strip of short incised lines framed by two long lines (IE) is an ornamental motif present on a few pottery fragments from Petea—Csengersima (PL 6/7,8). This ornamental motif is frequently encountered also within the Suciu de Sus culture (ornament GC), however it is especially frequent in the necropolis at Lăpuş568. Long lines bordered by a strip of notched lines (motif IF) represents an ornamental motif encountered only on three vessels from the two settlements (PI. 7/11, 9/4). As it was seen, this motif appears sometimes within the late phase of the Suciu de Sus culture, however it is most frequent on bowls and amphorae from the Lăpuş I phase569 570. It is found also on pottery attributed to the early Gáva culture in the region of Carei5,0. Long lines bordered by a row of excised triangles (motif IG) are present only on vessel fragments found within the complexes of the Lăpuş-Gâva I habitation (PI. 10/9, 41/3). As the two previous ornaments, this motif also starts to be used in the recent phase of the Suciu de Sus culture. In the necropolis at Lăpuş the triangles end up being the most popular decorative motif among the ornaments obtained through excision, frequently bordering the bundles of long parallel lines571. This ornament is popular also within the Gáva I pottery from the region of Carei572, indicating that it continues to be used on a wide region alongside pottery with channelled decoration. Excised concentric circles are encountered on the fragments from four vessels discovered in the Lăpuş II—Gáva I settlement (PI. 12/3). Two of the vessels with identified forms are cups. The different forms of excised spirals are present on fragments from seven vessels discovered in the setdement at Petea—Csengersima (PI. 6/9, 10/7, 11/2, 21/16, 39/8). The excised circles and spirals are ornaments specific of the Suciu de Sus culture, although they continue to appear only on bowls and amphorae of the Lăpuş I phase573. Concerning the interpretation of the fragments with this type of ornaments from Petea— Csengersima Lăpuş II—Gáva I settlement, we need to have in mind that all fragments that they appear on are very few and very small in size. So their interpretation as being in a secondary position cannot be excluded. An argument in this sense is the fact that some of the fragments belong to cups, a pottery form which at Lăpuş lacks in excised circles or spirals574. The presence of excised cups towards the south-west, within the Gáva I settlement 503 Kacsó 2001, abb. 5, 22, 23, 24. 564 Kacsó 1971, p. 41. 565 Németi 1990, p. 41, fig. 9/6,7. 566 Kalicz 1960, t. 7/3. 567 Kacsó 2001, abb. 6, 7. 568 Kacsó 2001, abb. 4, 5, 10, 11, 24. 569 Kacsó 1971, fig. 4/c3; Kacsó 2001, abb. 4, 5, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24. 570 Németi 1990, fig. 1/11,6/7. 571 Kacsó 1971, fig. 4/b3,b4; 5/al0, a8; Kacsó 1981, p. 53-54; Kacsó 2001, abb. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24, 25. 572 Németi 1990, fig. 1/5,11,4/1, 6/7, 9/4,6,9,11/1,15/12. 573 Kacsó 1971, p. 41, fig.4, 5; Kacsó 2001, abb. 5, 11, 22, 23, 24, 25. 574 Kacsó 1971, p. 41. 82
