Short report on the archaeological research of the burial mounds no. 64. and no. 49 of Érd-Százhalombatta
Short report on the archaeological research of the burial mounds no. 64. and no. 49 of Érd-Százhalombatta

Summary/Abstract: Lying on the fringes of the eastern Hallstatt culture, the tumulus cemetery at Érd-Százhalombatta is one of the earliest identified archaeological sites in Hungary. The first map of the site was made in 1847; the number of mounds registered at the time (123) did not change substantially until the end of the 20th century. The aerial archaeological investigations, which began in 2001, and the magnetometer geophysical survey of 2012 led to the identification of 103 ring ditches, which probably mark the location of formerly undocumented Early Iron Age burials. The aim of the test excavations in 2013–2014 was to expose and date the newly identified, circular phenomena at and near to Tumulus no. 64. In 2015–2016, at Tumulus no. 49, our goal was to unearth a heavily damaged mound with a burial chamber, as it was indicated by the magnetometer geophysical surveys.

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