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26 GYÖRGY LENGYEL Fig. 1. Location of Ságvár 1. ábra Ságvár elhelyezkedése 2. RESEARCH HISTORY OF SÁGVÁR LYUKAS-DOMB BETWEEN 1922 AND 2007 Palaeolithic human occupation traces at Ságvár were first recognized in 1922 by D. Laczkó. The area of the site was cut through by two semi parallel dirt roads. The first season of excavation in 1928 retrieved a small number of artifacts in the walls of the main dirt road in loess (Fig. 2.).

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0 Further field work in 1930 extended the area of the excavation to 64 square meters and retrieved a comprehensive sample from faunal remains, charcoals, and lithic artifacts." The archaeological level lay 4-5 meters beneath the surface. Remarkable features were hearths that yielded charred wood pieces 1 to 5 cm large. Microscopic analysis of the wood identified pine tree tissue. The fauna consisted of rein deer, horse of two species, Equus ferus fossilis and Equus Abeli Antonius, and the mammoth. A perforated shell of Area diluvia and pieces of red ochre were also found. The site's dating, which did not change until the 1950s, was based upon its geological features, faunal remains, and the lithic industry. It placed the site to the stage of the Magdalénian in the sense of the Western European Palaeolithic chronology.

12 The next season of excavation in 1931 recovered 102 square meters west of the trench of 1930.

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3 Hearth features aligned in superposed parallel levels were noticed. These two levels were separated by 40-60 cm archaeologically sterile loess. The hearths had oval outlines in aerial view and in section they appeared as 2 to 5 cm thick elongated lenses. The upper level yielded two and the lower level yielded five hearths. It is noteworthy that the smallest "hearth" extended 2 m in diameter and the 1

0 LACZKÓ 1929. 1

1 LACZKÓ-GAÁI.-HOLLENDONNER-HILLEBRAND 1930. 1

2 HII.LEBRANI) 1935; LACZKÓ-GAÁL-HOLLENDONNER-HILLEBRAND 1930. 1

3 CSALOGOVITS-GAÁL-HOLLENDONNER-HILI.EBRAND 1931.