2 Documenta Praehistorica XLIX (2022) The hoard Dezmir (com. Apahida, jud. Cluj) is situated approx. 2km ESE of Cluj-Napoca at the edge of a valley formed by the Za ˘podie, a small tributary of the So- mesul Mic. The repertory of archaeological finds from the district of Cluj lists single finds of stone axes, an Eneolithic settlement, another one of the Cotofeni Culture, Scythian and Celtic graves as well as Roman buildings; for the Bronze Age, a single find of pottery and a settlement in a plot called ‘Ta ˘u- sor’ are mentioned (Crisan et al. 1992.183–186). The latter saw some small-scale excavation in the early 1960s (Popescu 1964.556–557, Nr. 44). What is entirely missing in this repertory though is infor- mation on a hoard (Fig. 1) that was discovered at roughly the same time. The hoard was first published by Mircea Rusu in the frame of the ‘Inventaria Archaeologica’ series ‘Scrap metal hoards’ of the Later Urnfield Period in the Carpathian Basin> a case study on a hoard from Dezmir, Romania Oliver Dietrich 1 , Laura Dietrich 2 , Botond Rezi 3 o.dietrich@fu-berlin.de 1 Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), DE 2 Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut, Vienna, AT< laura.dietrich@oeaw.ac.at 3 Muzeul Judet ‚ ean Mures , , Târgu Mures , , RO< reziboti@yahoo.com ABSTRACT – Large ‘scrap’ metal hoards have so far been seen as a characteristic of the older Urn- field Period in the eastern Carpathian Basin. Using the hoard from Dezmir, Romania, as a starting point, this paper describes a group of hoards with chronologically and spatially diverse components. These hoards were hidden during the younger Urnfield Period and represent smaller variants of the older, large ‘scrap’ hoards. Earlier research has used them to define a chronological horizon (‘Phase 3-Jupalnic-Turia-Ha A2’). Based on archaeological observations, spatial data and a correspondence analysis, we argue that they represent a specific hoarding practice instead, characteristic of Phase 4, i.e. the younger Urnfield Period. IZVLE∞EK – Doslej je veljalo, da so veliki depoji ‘kovinskih odpadkov’ zna≠ilnost starej∏e kulture ∫ar- nih grobi∏≠ v Karpatski kotlini. S pomo≠jo depoja v Dezmirju v Romuniji predstavljamo skupino kro- nolo∏ko in prostorsko razli≠nih depojev. Depoji so bili skriti v mlaj∏i kulturi ∫arnih grobi∏≠ in pred- stavljajo manj∏e razli≠ice starej∏ih depojev ‘odpadkov’. Z njimi so v preteklih raziskavah opredelili kronolo∏ki horizont ‘faza 3-Jupalnic-Turia-Ha A2’. Na osnovi arheolo∏kih opazovanj, prostorskih podatkov in koresponden≠nih analiz trdimo, da predstavljajo depojsko prakso, zna≠ilno za 4. fazo, torej mlaj∏e obdobje kulture ∫arnih grobi∏≠. KEY WORDS – Carpathian Basin; Bronze Age; hoards; chronology KLJU∞NE BESEDE – Karpatska kotlina; bronasta doba; depoji; kronologija Depoji ‘kovinskih odpadkov’ iz pozne kulture /arnih grobi[; v Karpatski kotlini> [tudija depoja iz Dezmirja v Romuniji DOI> 10.4312\dp.49.17