Late Copper Age archaeological sites in the area of Valea lui Mihai (Bihor county)
Late Copper Age archaeological sites in the area of Valea lui Mihai (Bihor county)

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of this article is to compile all the information already known, as well as others that have not yet been published about the Late Copper Age pottery fragments discovered within the perimeter of the Valea lui Mihai town. These archaeological data represent a small part of an investigation conducted during 2016–2022, whose main goal was to identify in the field all sites from the Ier Region dated to this chronological period and to mark them with GIS methods. The archaeological importance of Valea lui Mihai is due also to the fact that first traces of the Baden culture in this region had been identified almost a century ago during an archaeological excavation. Over the years, other sites dated to the Late Copper Age were also mentioned in the area of Valea lui Mihai, however a lot of the information is misleading and contradictory. Therefore, I believe it is important to accomplish a study that would present all existing archaeological data in connection with the finds that belong to the Baden and Coțofeni cultures identified at Valea lui Mihai.

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