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IV. Liviu Marta - Nagy L. Márta - Daniel V. Sana: Ceramics
The shape of the portable cooking vessel is considered to be efficient for boiling. The experimental archeology proved a significantly reduced cooking time and amount of fuel used, compared with the boiling made in simple pots110. The analysis of the context in which the discoveries were made, and of the relationship between the frequency of such vessels and the quantity of bones present in the layers of the settlement of Kastanas revealed the functionality of this type as vessel used for cooking/boiling111. The discovery of some portable cooking vessels in funerary context, the existence of some miniature forms, respectively the presence of a large number of vessels lacking traces of secondary firing, suggest other functionalities for the portable cooking vessels, too112. Towards the end of the existence of these types of vessels in the Upper Tisa region, a gradual loss of their functionality can be considered before the complete disappearance of these shapes. The decrease of their efficiency is suggested by the rarer-and-rarer presence of the ventilation holes and by the narrowing of the legs and of the arch-shaped band joining them113. The above mentioned aspects can be taken into account within the Hajdfibagos-Cehăluţ cultural group as well, the small number of perforations present on the vessels from Oros, respectively the narrowness of the arch connecting the feet as compared to arches of the vessels assigned to an earlier stage of this cultural group, can be brought into discussion from this point of view114. Storage Vessels These are recipients of large capacity, wide-mouthed, with curved body and narrow bottom, used to store supplies. Two such vessels were identified. The shape could be identified only in the case of one complete vessel, discovered in the ditch on the outskirts of the settlement (cx. 200). It has flat mouth, high, cone-shaped neck, rounded body and narrow bottom (PI. 28/2). It is a type well-represented within the Tumuli culture as well as within cultural groups absorbing its elements115. The storage llOGucsi 2001. 111 Hochstetter 1984, p. 155, 208; Becker 1995; Becker 1998. 112 Marta 2009, p. 29. 113 Marta 2009, p. 68-69. 114 See the wide vault of the vessel from the Valea lui Mihai deposit (Bader 1978, PI. XXXIII). 115 Bejinariu-Székely-Sana 2009, p.62; Bartik 1996, PI.5/7, 6/5 etc.; Kemenczei 1984, PI. XXXI/11-14. 32
