Folia archeologica 10.
Kőszegi Frigyes: Az oroszvári bronzkori temető
58 F. Kőszegi Föllik gave of the Guntramsdorf-Drassburg group are not in contradiction with the possibility of the Eastern relations. It is generally known that various groups of the corded pottery are closely connected with the cultures of the same periods in Southern Russia, which fact is not yet sufficiently solved. It may be mentioned as a decisive proof, that the horses of Föllik were defined as those of an Eastern type. 8 5 The same horses were found also in the lowest layers of Tószeg. 8 6 Besides the above mentioned the Gâta culture has other Eastern relations too. In the anthropological finds of the Hainburg-Teichtal cemetery Geyer recognised also Mongolid elements besides the general "Glockenbecher" type. 8 7 J. Nemeskéri examiming the Oroszvár skeletons came to the same result. He has proved that in several graves the skulls belong to the europosibirid form group and can be traced as far back as the Caucasus. He found the same in the grave 7. with the horse skull. 8 8 As to the dating the culture there is a fairly general supposition that the Aunjetitz and Gâta cultures are contemporary. 91-9 4 Recently Pittioni has dated the culture to the period В A 2 (According to Reinecke), but neither its beginning nor its end is clearly seen by him yet. 9 6 This dating is also in accordance with A. Toßik's opinion. 9 8 The finds of the types of Oka-Sarród, Loretto, Alsónémedi and the ties leading towards the group of Guntramsdorf-Drassburg give evidence for the beginning of the Gâta culture. The globular urn with two handles of Hundsheim published by Beninger is well known. 10 3 This typical urn form of the culture of corded pottery is frequent within the range of the bell beakers. The presence of the urn type in the material of Gâta culture in Hundsheim can be used as an important chronological proof. This is confirmed by the pot type well known from the pottery accompanying the bell beakers in the site of the Gâta culture. 10 4 Here we have to refer to the dish at Oroszvár (Pl. V. 10.) whose analog form was found in the cemetery extending on the grounds of Budakalász model farm. 4 9 Specimens similar to the ring of gold wire of Oroszvár are known from the cemeteries of Leopoldsdorf 7 2, Alsónémedi 7 3 and of the earliest graves of the Maros country, from Óbéba and Pitvaros. 74-7 5 N. Kalicz considers this jewel type as a prototype of the "Noppenring". 10 5 There will be probably no mistake if we regard this jewel form as an important chronological proof concerning the cemetery of Oroszvár, but also the whole Gâta culture. We may conclude from the stratigraphical data of the immediate succession of the "Litzenkeramik" and the Gâta culture. During his excavations in Grosshöflein-Föllik F. Tömördy found a grave covered with stones mentioned above. When unearthing the grave according to his reports a layer of Gâta culture was cut through, the fragments of which were found even in the beaten clay and stone layer covering the grave. 10 6 The group of Guntramsdorf-Drassburg can be placed to the earliest Bronze Age, to the period BA 1 (according to Reinecke) and is contemporary with the finds of the Oka-Sarród, Alsónémedi and Loretto types. 10 7 If we accept these as the immediate precedents of the Gâta culture, we must try to assigne the beginning of the latter culture also still to the Early Bronze Age. We think that this date may coincide with the final chapter of the Oka-Sarród,
