A PRISMATIC MACE-HEAD FROM DUNAFÖLDVÁR FROM THE TIME OF THE MONGOL INVASION
A PRISMATIC MACE-HEAD FROM DUNAFÖLDVÁR FROM THE TIME OF THE MONGOL INVASION

Summary/Abstract: A fragment of a village that perished in 1242 during the Mongol Invasion was uncovered by excavations at the Dunaföldvár–Ló-hegy site (RM 09). The filling of one of the pits (109OBJ, 126 SNR) contained human skeletons and body parts, remains of wood and grains, iron rivets and an iron object, which proved to be an elongated prismatic iron mace head, a rare object in the Carpathian Basin. This weapon type has eastern analogues, especially in Iran, and the similar items found in Hungary can be dated from the time of the Mongol Invasion.

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