Liviu, Marta - Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Andrid. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2011)
Mărturii arheologice
Without completely losing its features, the Gáva civilization ceased to exist during the seventh century BC. The next habitation detected in Andrid area is linked to the Celts’s, a population which arrived from the west during the midfourth century BC. The Celts managed to impose as they came in large numbers, and also because of their advanced civilization. A decisive element was the metallurgy, a domain in which they excelled, as they manufactured efficient iron weapons (long swords and spearheads). In regard of the Celtic traces discovered in the region of the commune of Andrid, the cemetery of Dindeşti (Ograda Negreanului) and the pottery kilns from Andrid (Nisiparia near the livestock farm) are better known and both of them were investigated through archaeological excavations. Traces of Celtic settlements or hamlets have been identified in four other locations in Andrid and Dindeşti. The material culture of several settlements and cemeteries in the area of Carei shows the survival of indigenous material culture under Celtic domination. During the second half of the 2nd century BC, the Celtic power dropped, as it is suggested by the end of use of the necropolises in the Western Plain. Political power in the area was taken over by the Dacians, who, especially during the time of the King Burebista, became a great political force. A coin-hoard dates to the time of the Dacians, discovered during the late 19th century at Andrid, which includes silver coins of the Medieşu type. The researches of the last two decades demontrated that these coins were typical to the northern Dacians and were issued in their capital at Malaya Kopanya (Western Ukraine), whether during the time of Burebista or after his reign (after the middle of the 1st century BC). After the conquest of Decebal’s state during the early 2nd century AD, the region of Andrid remained outside the borders of the Roman province of Dacia. Emperor Traian Vas ceramic de la Dindeşti, sec. V d. Hr. Érdengelegen talált kerámiaedény a Kr.u. 5. századból Ceramic pot from Dindeşti, 5th cent. AD. 15
