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II. Daniel V. Sana - Liviu Marta: The Fortification System of the Settlement
Therefore, the settlement of Oros, which dating elements are tightly connected to the Reinecke BzD stage, precedes the large number of fortifications of the Gáva culture. At the same time, it was operational in a period dated long after the previous period rich in fortifications (early and middle Bronze Age)24. The exceptional presence of the ditch of Oros within the area of the cultural group Hajdftbagos-Cehăluţ and within the settlements of the Late Bronze Age I and II in general, maintains the question marks with regard to the perpetuation of some elements of fortification era from the early and middle Bronze Age until Reinecke BzD phase (Late Bronze II). The only one fortified settlement known so far in the Tisa basin to exceed the end of the tells period, is that of Boineşti (northwest of Romania), its existence continuing at least until an early stage of the Late Bronze I period25. An earlier dating of the fortified settlements of Corneşti (Timiş County) and Sântana (Arad County)26 has been recently put forward. Even if the connection of the Bz D fortification to those in the Middle Bronze Age is too weak, there are a number of common elements between the Oros settlement and the tells27, namely: the positioning close to a marshy valley, the great length and width of the ditch, the possible evacuation in the ditch of a flowing water or the lack of evidence proving the existence of an earth wall. Wiecken 2008, p. 179-188, Andrid and Căuaş (Marta et alii 2010). 24 Gogâltan 2008, p. 81-100. 25 Bader 1978, p. 75; Kacsó 1995, p. 96; Marta 2009, p. 96-98. 26 Corneşti (Heeb-Szentmiklósi-Wiecken 2008, p. 179-188), Sântana (Hügel et alii 2010, www.cimec.ro/Arheologie/ cronicaC A2010/cd/index.htp). 27 For the fortifications of the early and middle Bronze Age, see Gogâltan 2008, p. 84-85. A magnetogram of a complete fortification has been realized recently at Andrid (north-west of Romania) (Marta et alii 2010). H
