Marta, Livius et al.: The Late Bronze Age Settlement of Nyíregyháza-Oros „Úr Csere” (Satu Mare, 2010)
IV. Liviu Marta - Nagy L. Márta - Daniel V. Sana: Ceramics
Type C of Ornaments (Fingertip impressions). The CA ornament consists of three fingertip impressions arranged in a triangular shape (PI. 21/2). This ornament is well represented in the discoveries associated to the Hajdfibagos-Cehăluţ and the Berkesz cultures201. As regards the neighbouring cultures dated to the Reinecke BzC-D stage, the ornament is well represented in the Piliny culture202. Instead, in the area of the Suciu de Sus culture, it is known only in the settlement of Petea-Csengersima, located in the neighbourhood of the Hajdfibagos-Cehăluţ culture203. This ornament starts to be used in the north of the Tisa Plain during the Otomani III/ Suciu de Sus I cultural stages204. The fingertip impressions arranged in a curved shape (CB Pi. 39/4,7) frame the knobs on the bowls, cups and amphorae, similar to the dotted ornament EB. The small fingertip impressions arranged circularly (CD) appears on a single vessel. Both CB and CD ornaments can be considered to be variants of the dotted ornaments EB şi EC, as the fingertip impressions can be regarded as dots of a larger size. The fingertip-impressed rims (CC) are noticed mainly on pots (PI. 21/4) and only in isolated cases on bowls. The decoration with rows of fingertip impressions (CE) is present on cups and pots (PI. 9/2,10/3). Type D of Ornaments (Striations). These ornaments are superficial, made through a gentle impression in the clay. Striations were used to decorate a reduced number of ceramic fragments, unlike the settlement of Crasna where the striated decoration, achieved in a similar manner, occur rather extensively205. Type E of Ornaments (Dotted impressions). This decoration occurs frequently on cups, bowls and amphorae. It rarely occurs as individual impressions, usually forming horizontal or vertical rows of dots (EA, PI. 39/1,2). The motifs in the shape of a semicircular arcade located at the knobs and surrounded by channels (EB, PI. 9/4, 7, 27/6, 38/3, 39/2) or located around the lentil motif (EC, PI. 4/10, 32/9, 37/4, 38/3) are dominant. The origin of the ornamentation made by dotted impression can be traced during the Middle Bronze Age, being used during the Tumuli culture, too206. It has a good representation in the pottery assigned to the Hajdfibagos-Cehăluţ cultural 201 Kovács 1967, PI. 14/11,15/1. 202 Kemenczei 1984, PL XIII/17, XXXVIII/2. 203 Marta 2009, p. 37. 204 Németi-Molnár 2007, PI. 98/2, 102/1, 107/1-4, 108/1,3-6. 205 Bejinariu-Lakó 2000, p. 170, PI. 8/6,10/3, 26A/2, 26B/1, 29/5. A striated vessel is recorded in the settlement of Curtuiuşeni-Dâmbul Ars too (Németi 1978, Pl. 2/10), but this settlement is probably dated to Ha A. 206 Tocik 1964, Pl. XXVI/2-3, XXVII/19; Trogmayer 1969, PI. 3; Kemenczei 1968, PI. 7/2,8,13, 8/7. 4i
