BRONZE VESSELS OF THE EARLY IRON AGE DISCOVERED AT BĂLATA (ROMANIA)
BRONZE VESSELS OF THE EARLY IRON AGE DISCOVERED AT BĂLATA (ROMANIA)

Summary/Abstract: The preventive archaeological research which took place in the summer of 2014 at Bălata – Schit, Șoimuș commune, Hunedoara County, enriched the information on one of the most important sites on the Mureș Valley, where many historical periods have been documented so far. Amongst the numerous discoveries, fragments from at least two bronze cauldrons have been unearthed. The morphological characteristics, especially the cross-shaped handle attachments, decorated with geometric patterns, allow their dating in the final stage of Ha B2, as shown by the analogies in Transylvania. The vessels belong to the categories Merhardt B1 and B2a. The bronze recipients from Bălata reveal an unknown chapter in the archaeology of Early Iron Age in south-western Transylvania, offering new data on the spirituality of the respective times.

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