An Older Bronze Age Funerary Discovery from Zimandu Nou (Arad County)
An Older Bronze Age Funerary Discovery from Zimandu Nou (Arad County)

Summary/Abstract: Over the last decades the archaeological literature has kept circulating the information accordingto which two funerary urns dated to the Bronze Age, that can be included in the Makó-Kosihy-Čaka potterystyle, were discovered in Zimandu Nou (Arad County). Taking into consideration that this discovery has in factremained unpublished, we deemed necessary to remedy the situation. The two urns were discovered in 1894,north of the settlement of Zimandu Nou on the property of Dr. Sándor Takátsy, at the spot called “Pusztatővisegyháza”.They were found at ca. 1.5 m in depth, close to one another, each containing cremated bones.The first urn (Fig. 4; 7/1) displays three groups of small circular prominences under the rim and its belly isdecorated with thin incisions. The second urn (Fig. 5; 7/2) is similar in shape to the first and is decorated withthin incisions, especially located on the lower side of the recipient.The two funerary urns from Zimandu Nou can be connected, in all certainty, to the Bronze Age world. Thefunerary rite and ritual is also encountered in the cemeteries of the Makó-Kosihy-Čaka pottery style. Even ifwe were unable to identify the best analogies for the two pots, a series of elements, such as their shape, theirsingle handle, and their incised decoration are arguments supporting their dating during the Early Bronze Age.According to the latest opinions, the Makó-Kosihy-Čaka horizon, characteristic to stages I-IIa of the Early Bronzein the Hungarian-Transylvanian chronology are dated sometime between 2700/2600 and 2400/2300 BC.

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