Based on publications and archive material, this study presents a catalogue of 205 unfortified settlements in the Eastern Carpathian forest steppe which formed several clusters and were usually situated on fertile soils adjacent to water bodies and some 1-4 ha large. Their single-room houses of some 6-24 m² were sunken-featured in two thirds of cases and ground level structures in one third of cases and possessed hearths or ovens in 40 settlements. There is evidence for farming, animal husbandry, pottery, weaving, and wood processing. The pottery allows for the distinction of three settlement phases, I = LT C1b/C2, II = LT D1a/2a middle, and III = LT D2a late/b middle. Parallel finds indicate connections with the Jastorf, Przeworsk, and Oksywie Cultures in the north and the Geto-Dacian Culture in the south / west, which is considered a sign of cultural syncretism between immigrants and local populations and attributed to the tribe of the Bastarnae who later allied with the Getae against Rome. Due to pressure from the Dacians under Burebista in the 2nd quarter of the 1st century B.C. parts of the population moved north / northwest. The volume concludes with a hint at desiderata of research.