Situl din perioada târzie a epocii bronzului de la Ilișua-un prim reper
Late Bronze Age site from Ilișua – a first look

Summary/Abstract: The archaeological research from the site of Ilișua has begun in the nineteenth century, and was initiated by K. Torma. This research targeted the Roman camp for the auxiliary legion Ala I Tungrorum Frontoniana, which has later been picked up by D. Protase, C. Gaiu, and G. Marinescu in the late 1970s. During the archaeological excavations, it was discovered that the area had been settled as far back as the Late Bronze Age. The pottery discovered here is very diverse, and in a lot of areas there seems to be a mixture of pottery forms from three different pottery styles: Wietenberg / Deva-Bădeni, Noua and Suciu deSus / Lăpuș. For the Wietenberg culture, the meander décor and “wolf teeth” are some of the key features in identifying the pottery. For the pottery discovered at Ilișua and decorated with meander, one feature is that on some of the fragments, the decoration is being placed so that the meander is portrayed in negative. Bowls with raised handles decorated with buttons, are indicative of the Noua culture. Pottery decorated with incisions, triangles and spirals are some of the key features representatives of the Suciu de Sus culture.

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