Janus Pannonius Múzeum Évkönyve 22 (1977) (Pécs, 1978)

Régészet - Ecsedy István: Excavations at Lánycsók in 1976 (Preliminary Report)

124 ISTVÁN ECSEDY 2., 2/a—c. Pit. Early Neolithic, Starcevo culture. To this extended group of pits belongs the pit signed with number 9., the association of which has been made clear only after the uncovering of the whole western part of the excavation area. In the pit 2. were found the concracted skeletons of an adult and an infant. (Fig. 4„ PI. I. 3—5.). 3. Pit. Early Bronze Age, Vucedol-Zók culture. It was found on the slope-area, similarly to the pit 1. (Fig. 5.). Although it was partly destroyed, a remarkable quantity of ceramics has been found in it. Characteristic vessels of the Vucedol culture are represented (PI. II. 1., IV. 3—5., PI. V.J. Fig. 5. Lánycsók—Égettmalom. Pit 3. 5. kép Lánycsók—Égettmalom. 3. gödör. 4. and 4/a. Pits. (Fig. 4., Pl. II. 1.). The earth fill in the double pit contained a high proportion of ash and fragments a burnt plastering and a little amount of pottery. The material suggests the remains of a burnt house swept into the pit in the Early Bronze Age. 5. Pit. Early Bronze Age, Vucedol-Zók culture. It was found near to the pit 4. and contained only few sherds. The pit was disturbed by a trench of unknown origin, without finds (fig. 4.). 6. Pit. Roman Age. From the partly excavated pit came to light broken tiles and sherds from wheelmade vessels. 7. Pit. Early Baden culture, Boleráz group (PI. I. 4.). In the west of the excavation area. The earth of the pit was ashy in texture. It contained potsherds and a broken crucible.

5 8. Pit. Early Baden culture, Boleráz group. The single pit in the trench of N—

S direction. Characteristic Boleráz ceramics and sherds of two crucibles were found. 9. Pit. It belongs to the group of pits mentioned above by the pits 2—2a. Near to the western part of it came to light the remains of a grave destroyed in the course of the earthwork (fig. 4.). The leg-bones and the left femur of the skeleton remained in their original position. The skeleton must have been contracted, lying in N—

S direction (PI. III. 2.). 10. Pit. Late Bronze Age, Urnfield culture (fig. 4.). It contained a considerable amount of burnt hearth- and wallplaster fragments and typical sherds from Late Bronze Age with elaborate graphite decoration. A bronze pine was found in the same pit. 11. Pit. Early Bronze Age, Kisapostag culture. Its walls were very in-sloping, the bottom was irregular. Smaller units could be separated in it (fig. 6.). The pit contained ash in relatively large quantity and characteristic Kisapostag sherds. Fig. 6. Lánycsók—Égettmalom. Pit 11. 6. kép Lánycsók—Égettmalom. 11. gödör. 5 The finds of the Boleráz-group are published in I. Ecsedy's article in this same volume.