Virag, Cristian: Situl neolitic Halmeu - Vamă (Satu Mare, 2015)
Abridged version
The figurine inventory from Halmeu-Vamă is represented both by small anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figurines, and also by large pieces, namely a foot of a monumental statuette. A. The anthropomorphic figurines are preserved fragmentary; some of them are decorated with fine stitches and incisions. Their design differs from that of the figurines from the Pişcolt group, the analogies for these pieces being found in the milieu of the Suplac culture1. Cx. 4/2003. 1. Female anthropomorphic figurine, preserved fragmentary (fig. 132/3; 136/5). It preserves the body, the lower limbs are broken right below the hip, and the head, the right arm and the right breast are missing. The left breast is a conical protuberance, the hand is short and represented in a schematic form. The back side is like a tapered protuberance that indicates that the statuette was probably in a sitting position. Its left side preserves a wide strip imprint left by the black, bituminous, painting. The statuette has the genital area marked by a notch. However, we are not excluding the possibility that it could be a manufacturing flaw. 2. The left inferior limb of a figurine (fig. 132/7), broken below the knee with the foot represented in a schematic form. 3. Fragment, semicircular on one side and flat on the other side. We suppose that it is the back side of a large, anthropomorphic figurine (fig. 132/5). Its flat side indicates the manner in which the figurine was made, namely by joining two pieces together. Cx. 2/2006 4. Anthropomorphic female figurine (fig. 132/1), with the lower half missing. The head is reprezented schematically with a flattened face, the eyes represented by two stitches, the mouth as a short and fine cut. The statuette has no hands. The breasts are asymmetrical, the right breast being broken. The figurine is adorned with a V-shaped incision from which are starting short, perpendicular, asymmetrical incisions. The incisions continue on the back of the figurine in the same manner. They seem to represent the outline of clothing. Pieces with a similar decoration can be found at the site of Porţ - Corău2. On the neck, through fine stitches in the shape of a V, is shown a necklace. 5. Foot of an anthropomorphic figurine (fig. 132/2), broken at the level of the ankle, oval in profile, with a schematic representation of the sole. 6. Fragment of an anthropomorphic figurine (fig. 132/4), representing the upper part of a leg, decorated with fine stitches and two parallel lines arranged vertically. Cx. 4/2006 7. Anthropomorphic figurine3 (8.6 cm long; 3.6 cm wide), decorated with fine stitches and incisions (fig. 131/4; 136/1) that indicate an item of clothing. The stitches are displayed on the legs all the way below the knee and from the upper side down to the waist where incised lines defined their boundaries. There is an oval incision in the central area, below the navel and down to the feet and the back side. In the 1 For discussions about this problems, see D. Ignat 1998; Popa/Fazecaş 2012, p 7-26; S. Băcueţ Crişan, 2013, p. 69-81. 2 S. Băcueţ Crişan, 2013, Pl. V/8, VI/11. 3 Marta et alii, 2007. Abriged version Plastic arts 95
