Funde und Befunde einer Mittelkupferzeitlichen siedlung im 3. Stadtbezirk von Budapest
Finds and chronology of a middle Copper Age settlement in Budapest, 3rd district
Author(s): László András HorváthSubject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, Ancient World
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Middle Copper Age; Ludanice culture; metallurgy; chronology; “gemischte Gruppe mit Furchenstichkeramik;
Summary/Abstract: Finds and chronology of a middle Copper Age settlement in Budapest, 3rd district. In the spring of 2002, rescue excavations were conducted in Kiscelli Street, Budapest for about one and a half months preceding the construction of a residential block. Finds and features of the middle Copper Age were found under a thick Roman period layer. The time was not enough to reach the subsoil on the entire territory, so not all the prehistoric features could be uncovered. Twelve pits and a small oven were unearthed from the middle Copper Age. The number of finds was uneven in them. An important result was that we could observe the traces of metallurgy: the fragment of a casting pot and copper drops, which imply local copper production. The analysis of the ceramic material led to the conclusion that this site represents a yet unregistered although, according to former finds, already existing phase of the Hungarian middle Copper Age, which lends a special importance to this site. This study is dedicated to Erzsébet Ruttkay, an eminent researcher of the period, who died last year.
Journal: Acta Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 61/2010
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 57-106
- Page Count: 50
- Language: German
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