A Middle Bronze Age pit at Miercurea Ciuc/Csíkszereda - Fodor-Kert (Harghita County, Romania)
A Middle Bronze Age pit at Miercurea Ciuc/Csíkszereda - Fodor-Kert (Harghita County, Romania)

Summary/Abstract: In 2016, during a rescue excavation on the territory of the city Miercurea Ciuc/ Csíkszereda, seven features were discovered. Four of them were small post holes, without any archaeological finds. Two other belonged to the Migration Period (Sântana de Mureș-Chernjakhov culture) and one to the Middle Bronze Age. The present paper discusses this latter feature. The archaeological material consists of pottery fragments, belonging to the end of the II/B or to the III/C phase of Wietenberg culture. The most interesting discovery is a richly decorated fragment of a clay wagon model. Based on analogies, it is possible that we are in front of a deliberate destruction in four pieces. A possible explanation is the breaking of the object during a ritual activity.

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