Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 28. (2006)
Arheologie
A SETTLEMENT BELONGING TO THE COTOFENI CULTURE FROM OGRA (MURE§ COUNTY) BERECKI SÁNDOR О a§ezare apartinänd culturii Cotofeni de la Ogra (jud. Mure§) (Rezumat) In 2005 arheologii de la Muzeul Judetean Mure§ au identificat la Ogra о a§ezare apartinänd culturii Cotofeni. Materialul - excusiv ceramic - consta din fragmente de ce§ti, strächini, cäni §i ulcioare. Majoritatea vaselor au culoarea cärämizie, multe prezintä arsurä secundarä. Majoritatea fragmentelor sunt superficial netezite, arderea este exclusiv oxidantä iar ca degresant s-а folosit Indeosebi nisip fin, §amotä, pleava. Luänd In considerare tipológia formelor §i a ornamentelor, a tehnicii de executie precum §i a analogiilor apropiate situl de la Ogra se incadreazä in prima fazä a culturii Cotofeni. In 2005, after verifying a quarry in the area of Ogra, the archaeologists from the Mure§ County Museum identified a settlement belonging to the Late Copper Age1. Because of the advanced stage of the excavations from the quarry, aspects like the size or the character of the settlement can not be specified. The prehistoric habitation is situated at the margin of the village, south of it, on a lower platform near the railway, in the vicinity of the communal road Dc77 which leads to Giulu§. About 80 % of the site was damaged or destroyed because of the exploitations. There were no signs of fortification. The pottery presented below was collected from a narrow area and probably it belonged to an archaeological feature. In the Mure§ County there are about 80 settlements with discoveries from the Cotofeni culture2, known beginning with the 19th century, some of them well studied in the second half of the 20th century3. The archaeological material from Ogra-Quarry consists exclusively of potsherds. They belong to some typical pottery forms of the Cotofeni culture, such as cups, deep and shallow bowls, pots, beaker or jugs. Description of the Finds 1. The rim, neck, shoulder and a part from the body of a cup (lllb-Roman, Illb-Ciugudean), drim 8 cm, brownish yellow color, with traces of intensive use and secondary burning, moderately polished, high quality oxidizing burning, milled potsherd- and sand-tempered, undecorated, [nr. inv. 7845/14] (Plate 2/1, 7/1) 2. The base of a cup, dbase 3 cm, dark red color on the exterior and grey on the interior, with traces of secondary burning, superficially polished, high quality oxidizing burning, milled potsherd-, coarse- and fine sand-tempered, undecorated, [nr. inv. 7845/32] (Plate 6/1) 3. The rim and a part from the body of a deep bowl (ll-Roman, isolated form 1, Il-Lazär), brick-red color, with traces of secondary burning, superficially 1 For the problematic of chronology and terminology was used: Gogältan 1999, 14; Ciugudean 2000, 12-15. 2 Lazar 1995. 3 Lázár 1975, 29-11. 4 Mure§ County Museum, Tärgu Mure§, Romania. 7
