CERCETARI ARHEOLOGICE LA BALSA SI MADA (JUD. HUNEDOARA) SI CÂTEVA OBSERVATII PRIVIND NECROPOLELE TUMULARE DIN MUNTII APUSENI
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCHES IN BALSA AND MADA (HUNEDOARA COUNTY) AND A FEW OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING TUMULAR NECROPOLISES FROM THE APUSENI MOUNTAINS

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the results of some archaeological researches carried out on the border between Mada and Balsa localities (Hunedoara County) between 1999-2001. On this occasion there were investigated integrally two funerary tumuli from the Bronze period which are the object of this study. 1. Balsa-Dumbraita. The first tumulus (T 1/1999) was identified on a long crest, in Balsa-Dumbraita and had an oval shape, with reduced dimensions, of 5x4x0,60 m. There was noticed the fact that the upper part (the mantle) was formed from one row of stones, laid directly over burials (Fig. 3/1). After stones had been disassembled four graves were unearthed (M 1 - M 4) aligned on a row, three of them having skeletons in crouched position (Fig. 3/2). M 1 belonged to a child and was placed at the head of a double grave (M 2) formed from two skeletons of two mature individuals. The graves were deprived of inventory; a silex chip was discovered only in the area of the feet from the double grave. M 4 was placed marginally and belonged to an adult placed in crouched position on the left side, with hands brought towards the chest. The fragment of a handle of a vessel decorated with lines of lobes, specific of the second phase from the evolution of Cotofeni culture was discovered in the upper part of the tumulus. It probably comes from Cotofeni settlement which was situated nearby, in Piatra Suncuiusului.

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