Marta, Liviu: The Late Bronze Age Settlements of Petea-Csengersima (Satu Mare, 2009)
III. Habitation of te Suciu de Sus Archaeological Culture
gravel. Usually the surfaces of their walls are smoothed, especially the outer ones. The colour of the pots has usually light overtones (brick-red, yellow), although some have their interiors with darker, grey-black shades. On the basis of the profiles of the walls 5 types can be distinguished, each having subtypes and variants according to the way in which the rim was modelled. Type 1 pots comprise examples with vertical or almost vertical walls in their upper half, the vessels becoming narrower in the proximity of the base. On the basis of the presence or absence of small vertical lobes on the rim, type 1 pots distinguishes between subtypes 1A and IB. Considering the vertical or out curving shape of the rims, each of the two subtypes has two variants: lAa, lAb and IBa, lBb. Type 1 is frequent, representing 41,28 % of the pots present in the archaeological complexes of the settlement. Vessels (rather fragments) with lobes on the rim are the most frequent: the variant with vertical mouth lAa (Typ. pl. 1) and the variant with out curving rim lAb (Typ. pl. 1). Especially vessels of the latter variant often have two handles, but the rate of occurrence of this accessory is difficult to appreciate given the fragmentary state of the pottery. Vessels with lobed rims (subtype IB) are considerably more numerous, whether these belong to the variant with vertical rim (IBa) (Typ. pl. 1) or the variant with out curving rim (lBb) (Typ. pl. 1). Subtype IB seems to be rare even among the pots from other sites of the Suciu de Sus culture105. It needs to be stressed however that the habit of moulding four lobes on the rims of the bowls is present since the middle phase of the Suciu culture106 and continues even in its late phase107. Its potential origin might be found in the Otomani III cultural environment where it appears under the influence of the culture of tumular graves" 8. Yet, small triangular lobes will be extensively modelled on bowls from the second phase of the settlements at Petea — Csengersima and also on pots from the necropolis at Lăpuş109. The first of these is represented by the absence of finger-impressed appliqué rib decoration110 given the fact that this ornamentation is massively used in the two regions mentioned111. The absence of this type of decoration from the pots at Petea— Csengersima needs to be stressed having in mind that thumb-impressed fluting decoration was used during the previous phases of the Suciu de Sus culture also in areas outside its eastern112 and western regions113 114. Although in the eastern region thumb-impressed fluting decoration of the late Suciu phase are transferred to pots from the Lăpuş group , its absence from the Suciu habitation layer at Petea—Csengersima continues during the subsequent Lăpuş II—Gáva I habitation layers. A similar situation is present in the case of brushed decoration on the pots from Petea-Csengersima. This treatment applied to the walls of coarse pottery is very rare, being absent in the case of pots with straight walls found at Petea—Csengersima. However it occurs very often in the late Suciu sites, in the eastern and 105 Kacsó 2003, pl. Vll/ll. 106 Bader 1978, pl. XLVI/7, XLVIII/7. 107 Kacsó 1980, fig. 1 / 19; Kacsó 2005, pl. 13/1,3. 108 Bader 1978,p. 53. m Kacsó 1981, types VIB, VIC, VIIC1, VIIC2. I tu Petea—Csengersima two fragments with finger-impressed appliqué rib (BG) had been discovered in two complexes belonging to the Suciu III habitation (compex 65 and complex 362). Given the fact that the two complexes were close to the Middle Bronze Age dwelling area, the presence of the two fragments may be due to their secondary position. 111 Sâncraiul Silvaniei, Bulgar, Oarţa de Sus (Kacsó 1980, fig. 1/3,4,14, 2/9,10,12), Vad ( Kacsó 1987, abb. 15/9-15), Rogna, Ileanda (Bajusz - Tamba 1988, pl. XVTI/1,3,5, XIX/5), Căşeiu (Gogâltan 2001, pl. I/1; 111/1,4.), Someş-Uileac (Pop 2003, fig. 1/2,3, 2/1-5,7), Ariniş, Ciolt, Giurtelecu Hododului, Lăpuşel, Prislop, Seini - Dagas (Kacsó 2003, pl. 1/ 10, V/2-19, VI/ 2,4,10-11, VII/1-3, X/5-6, XXI/9-12,15, XXI/11, XXXIV/6), Bicaz (Kacsó 2005, pl. 2/3-4, 12-13, 8/8-11, 9/4). Some pots with thumb-impressed appliqué rib decoration are present also at Diakovo (Balahuri 1969, ris. 2/1,4,7). 1.2 Giuleşti, Seini (Kacsó 1987, abb. 6, 7, 12, 13), Lăpuşel (Kacsó 1995, p.84), Solotvino ( Kobaly 1997, pl. II/ 1- 5; Vasiliev et al.. 2002, fig. 28/2, 30/3, 32/4, 37/7,9, 41/4,5,7) 1.3 Bader 1978, pl. XLVI/ 6, XLIX/ 3,4; Marta 2004, pl. III. 114 Kacsó 1990, p. 81; Kacsó 1993, p. 30. 25
