Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Urziceni. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2009)

Archaeological discoveries

The territory of Urziceni remains intensely inhabited during the ages of metals. The civilizations that have lived in the Tisa Plain during the Copper Age are well represented in the area: the settlements of Tiszapolgár culture are found at the sites La Fântână and Grădina Grănicerilor, the cemetery of Vama belongs to the Bodrogkeresztúr culture, while the settlement on the Râtul Vada island to the Baden culture. Traces of several settlements were found on the sites Nisipăria Veche, Drumul Căminului, Körös-domb and on a small hill of the Pârâul Fabricii de Hârtie Valey, dating from the Early Bronze Age, known as the “Sanislău group”. The discoveries at Körös-domb are special: a beautiful stone ax (in the collection of the school of Urziceni) was found among many ceramic fragments and pieces of fired clay coming from burnt houses. Archaeological researches show that the civilizations of these periods had an economy, based on husbandry. A strong social stratification can be detected within the communities. Some of the buried men in the necropolis of Varna have a stone ax besides offering vessels, which probably wishes to emphasize their affiliation to the warrior s caste. The richest burial had among other objects a bag made of aurochshorn containing stone arrow-points. A womans tomb, buried nearby, was also very rich, it contained offering vessels, strings of shell beads, and two gold plates that decorated the covering of the head.

Obiecte de aur descoperite la Urziceni-Vamă Arany tárgyak Csanálos-Vám lelőhelyről Golden objects discovered at the Urziceni-Vamă site

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