Pop, Dan: The Middle Bronze Age Settlement of Petea-Csengersima (Satu Mare, 2009)

VI. Catalogue of the Suciu de Sus I archaeological sites

19. Sarasău “Moară ”, Maramureş county, Romania; Settlement. Fildwalking by R. Popa in 1970. The site was located in the eastern part of the locality, near the mill, between the mill and the chapel, on the terrace in the left side of the Tisa river, the left side of the road between Câmpulung and Tisa. Some pottery sherds of the Suciu de Sus I culture were collected from the surface. The Museum of. Baia Mare.

Literature: Kacsó 1987, 56 pl.9/12-15, 59 no.21 A, 66, 58; Kacsó 1995, 83; Kacsó 1999, 57.

20. Satu Mare “Ştrandul Someş”, Satu Mare county, Romania; Random discoveries. A vessel dating from the Suciu de Sus culture, phase 1 was found on the bank of the Someş River, in the area of the Someş Public Pool. The Museum of Satu Mare.

Literature: Bader 1975, 28-29, pl.4 / 1, Bader 1978, 127-128 no. 77, pl.37/24, 44 / 7, 95/77.

21. Seini "IAS Ferma 7”, Maramureş county, Romania; Suciu de Sus settlement. Accidental discovery in 1985. In the north-western end of the locality, on the right side of the Someş river, on the land of the IAS no. 7 farm were discovered several sherds of pottery that belonged to the Suciu de Sus culture, phase I while a pit for silage was dug.

Literature: Kacsó 1987, 59 no. 22, 66, 68, pi. 10-13. Kacsó 1995, 83.

22. Sighetu Marmaţiei “Cearda-Ţărmure”, Maramureş county, Romania; Settlement.

Fieldwalking by T. Ivanciuc between 1986-1996; C. Kacsó, D. Pop, R. Cardoş in 2005. The site was located in the north-eastern side of the town of Sighetu Marmaţiei, at 250 m north of the road to Sarasău, on the terrace on the left of the Tisa river, close to the confluence of Iza with the Tisza river. The surface of the site revealed several pottery fragments specific of the Suciu de Sus culture, phase I. The collection Teofil Ivanciuc (published). The Museum of Baia Mare and the Museum of Sighetu Marmaţiei. Unpublished.

Literature: Ivanciuc T. 1999, 15-22.

23. Sighetu Marmaţiei “Camara Cireghi”, Maramureş county, Romania; Settlement.

Fieldwalking and sounding by C. Ivanciuc 1988. The site was situated at about 4 km east of the town, on the terrace on the left of the Tisa river. The result of the surface research and of the survey was finding several pottery sherds that belonged to the Suciu de Sus culture, phase I. The Museum of Sighetu Marmaţiei. Unpublished. Literature: Ivanciuc C. 1990, 116-117; Kacsó 1999, 57.

24. Solotvino “Cetate”, the Transcarpathian Ukraine; Settlement. Fielwolkings by P.P. Sova 1953; S.I. Peniak 1965; Systematic excavations by P .P. Barnea 1967, V.G. Kotigorosko 1986, J. Kobaf 1991-1993, V. Vasiliev, A. Rustoiu, V.G. Kotigorosko, M.P. Makara, V.V. Marina 1996;

V. Vasiliev, A. Rustoiu, E. A. Balaguri, M. P. Makara, V.V. Marina, 1998-1999. The site was located in the north-western part of the locality, on the high terrace of the Tisa river, in the place called Cetate. The settlement was delimited by steep slopes on three sides: south, west and north. The access in the settlement could be done only by the east side which was fortified with a wall fitted with a ditch in front. The fortress was inhabited in the Middle Bronze Age, in the Dacian Age and in the Early Mediaeval Ages. To the Suciu de Sus culture, phase I were assigned 10 houses, three pits, an outside hearth and one in the house 9a, numerous pottery sherds and objects of fired clay, stone, arched, obsidian knives and a stone arrowhead, a razor pendant, a bronze bracelet.

Literature: Kobaf 1997, 115-151, Balaguri 2001, fig.72; Balaguri 2001, fig.72; Vasiliev 2002, 9- 21, 29-45, fig.28-47.

25. Tătăreşti “Dealul Tătăreştilor / Dâmbul tătarilor", Satu Mare county, Romania; Settlement. Accidental discoveries. Fieldwalking by Gh. Lazin, Speranţa Pop 1997. The site was located on the western side of the locality, south of the actual cemetery, on the gentle slopes in the south and south-east of the plateau. The surface revealed many pottery sherds and a fragment of a bronze celt. That material was assigned by the authors to the classical phase of the culture, the Culciu Mare phase. The absence of excised pottery in the published materials and the presence of several fragments decorated with incisions is quite likely to assign some of those materials to the first phase of the Suciu de Sus culture. The fresh ploughing also revealed traces of surface houses located on the slopes of the plateau. The Museum of Satu Mare.

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