Wicker Erika (szerk.): Cumania 27. - A Kecskeméti Katona József Múzeum évkönyve (Kecskemét, 2016)
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Cumania 27. SUMMARIES ARCHAEOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY Ágnes Somogyvári pp. 19-34 MIDDLE BRONZE AGE BURIALS FOUND IN THE BORDERLAND OF KISKUNFÉLEGYHÁZA In 2008, during the rescue excavation operations connected to the building of a gas pipeline — among other features — pits from the Bronze Age and seven urn burials of the Vatya Culture were excavated. Despite the fact that only a small fragment of the cemetery had been unearthed, and all the documented burials were severely disturbed, including only fragments of the grave goods, it is possible to define the closer context of the discovered assemblage in the chronological framework of the Vatya Culture. The find material resembles the Vatya III Period and the Koszider Horizon. The vessel forms, the non-local features of pottery and the decorations are characteristic to this period, and the best analogies were found from cemeteries of these phases. According to the results, the cemetery had been opened in the Vatya III Period and was in use in the early phase of the Koszider Horizon. Tamás Hajdú pp. 35-40 ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CREMATION BURIALS FROM THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE VATYA CULTURE EXCAVATED AT KISKUNFÉLEGYHÁZA-CSÁNYI TANYA The anthropological research of the Middle Bronze Age Vatya Culture cremation burials unearthed at Kiskunfélegyháza-Csányi tanya had the following main results: all the excavated graves contained the remains of one individual. The degree of cremation varied in the sample material. Among the perfectly cremated bones there were imperfectly burnt bones as well in every grave. The weight of the cremated remains from the Kiskunfélegyháza urn cemetery varies significantly, however, in case of adults the total weight of cremated remains always exceeds 1.000 g, which, compared to other find assemblages from the period is relatively high. It is notable that those who collected the cremated remains from the funeral pyre had attempted at gathering all the bones. In the investigated material no burnt or unburnt animal bones (sign of food as funerary equipment) were identified. Katalin T. Biró - György Szakmány - Zsolt Bendő - Zsolt Kasztovszky pp. 41-54 THE FRAGMENT OF A PERFORATED STONE TOOL FROM KISKUNFÉLEGYHÁZA The raw material of the polished stone tool discovered at Kiskunfélegyháza-Csányi tanya, namely metaultrabasite (originally compounding of harzburgite and dunite) is a rare surface find among rock-types in the Carpathian Basin. Due to its specific raw material, the artifact reveals important new data to the history of polished stone tools found in Hungary. Primarily, as the tool was discovered in an urn burial, it can be linked to a precise chronological and spatial context. Besides, this find contributes to our understanding of the stone-types used in the Bronze Age. The most possible place of origin for this stone material is the Pestvidék Pebble Formation. 389
