Marta, Liviu: The Late Bronze Age Settlements of Petea-Csengersima (Satu Mare, 2009)

IV. Habitation of the Lăpuş II-Gáva I Archaeological Culture

the middle of the HaA period665. In the Upper Tisa Basin the Gáva II type discoveries (that follow those of Gáva I type and Lăpuş II type), are dated during the HaA2 and HaBl periods, brought to stand parallel with the Turia-Jupalnic/ Gyermely and Moigrad-Tăuteu/ Hajdúböszörméni type bronze deposits. The small number of deposits and the presence of some of its specific finds within Moigrad-Tăuteu/ Hajdúböszörméni type deposits lead to a questioning of the ability of those of Turia-Jupalnic/ Gyermely type to express a distinct chronological period in the Carpathian region666. In this context there is a major difficulty in tracking the cultural evolutions that take place during the Ha A2 period.

Based on these facts, the end of the settlement at Petea—Csengersima cannot be established in a precise moment of the HaA stage. The evolution of the setdement as well as of the finds is closely linked with that of the Cincu-Suseni/Kurd type deposits. The researched area within the setdement does not offer elements of closeness to the Gáva II phase.

665 László 1994, p. 94.

666 Vulpe 1981, p. 429; Chicideanu 1983, p. 14-15; Kacsó 1996, p. 251; Hansen 1994, p. 404.

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