Pásztor Emília (szerk.): A fény régészete. A természetes fény szerepe az őskori ember életében - Bajai dolgozatok 20. (Baja, 2017)

P. Barna Judit: Fény a körben. A természetes fény és Közép-Európa legrégebbi monumentális építménye

Gomba alakú, női antropomorf edény felső része, gazdag festéssel díszítve. A rituális edény formája és díszítése többszintű, összetett szimbolikát rejt. Sormás- Török-földek (TGYM).

Upper part of female anthropomorphic vessel decorated with rich paintings. The form and decoration of the ritual vessel hide a multilevel, complex symbolism. Sormás- Török-földek (TGYM).

either the winter/summer solstices or the spring/ fall equinoxes which would indicate a heightened meaning for these dates. The minor peaks seen on the curve of the graph perhaps mark those days or periods that were more prominent for the people of the Lengyel culture. These perhaps could have been festival periods, such as the times of agricultural works of basic importance for these farming communities (sowing, harvest) or common rites (e.g. initiations). The heightened importance of the eastern direction in line with the rondels may also be indicated by pathways interpreted as procession paths leading to the gateways of the circular enclosures from the east, e.g. Peterd-Gyomberek, Szemely-Hegyes No I (Bertók et al. 2014, 58; 52-63), and Nové- Bránice (Slovakia) (Milo-Kuca-Zeman 2015). The archaeological evidence for feasting may refer to the existence of common festivals in the age of the rondels (Biehl 2010; Raczky et al. 2002, 853-856, Raczky-Anders-Bartosiewicz 2011, 52). Feasting is an important element of common ritual activities, it plays a crucial role in the different forms of rites of passage in most societies (Kalla-Raczky-Szabó 2013). The bucrania often found in the ditches of the rondels may also be interpreted as trophies of the animals consumed during feasting. The great amount of animal bones discovered in the ditches of the rondel

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