Csengeri Piroska - Tóth Arnold (szerk.): A Herman Ottó Múzeum évkönyve 54. (Miskolc, 2015)
Régészet - Kósa Polett: Meggyasszó-Halom-oldal dűlő: New data int he Tumulus culture research from North-eastern Hungary
Megyaszó-Halom-oldal dűlő: New data in the Tumulus culture research... 181 54 (pit, Fig. 6; Table 6. 14/ 1—12; Table 7. 15/1—10; Table 8. 16/1-10; Table9. 17/1-8;Table 10. 19/1-4;Table 11. 23) Medium-sized, round-shaped, relatively deep, strongly broadening storage pit. The widest diameter measured by the upmost part of the pit is 190x190 cm, at -46 cm depth it is 142x152 cm. It was filled with grey, loose, ashy humus. The filling is seemingly alike with the humus of features S14 and SI 5 to the northern direction. Considering the similarities, it can be presumed that these 3 pits could have belong to the same Late Bronze Age settlement layer. Even though the two northern pits could not have been done, pit S4 was completely excavated. The composition of findings is quite complex. Two complete (1st and 2nd inch Table 6. 14/1, 2) and several fragmented mugs (3rd incl. Table 6. 14/3—6, 8, 10) were found, as well as numerous other pottery fragments (4th incl. Table 6. 14/7, 9, 11-12; Table 7. 15/1-10; Table 8. 16/1—7, 9). Furthermore animal bones (6th incl. Table 9. 17/1—8), pebble and grinding stone (7th incl. Table 10. 19/1—4), daub fragments (5th inch), and two chipped stone tools (8th incl. Table 8. 16/8, 10) were also excavated. 55 (natural feature) At the beginning of the excavation it appeared to be a posthole, but during mechanical works, within 5 cm, it disappeared. 56 (ditch, Fig. 7; Table 5. 12/1-3; Table 9. 18/1-4; Table 10. 20/1; Table 11. 24) Partially excavated ditch. It was recovered during dredging up the eastern part of the feature, while the western part and the bottom could not have been unearthed due to lack of time. The complete size must have been over 350x50 cm, which would mean a large ditch, but it was not wholly cut through so the exact size is unknown. The relative depth is ca. 330 cm. The side is steeply sloping and it can probably be deeper than 3 m, but it was not excavated further as the investment works did not go deeper. The feature contained several fragments of ceramics (1st incl. Table 5. 12/1—3), animal bones (3rd incl. Table 9. 18/1—4), some daub (2nd incl.) and a piece of grinding stone (4th incl. Table 10. 20/1). 57 (grave, Fig. 8; Table 2. 4/1-6) Urn grave. It is located a meter away from grave S2. During mechanical works the top of the grave was damaged. The grave’s contour was not noticeable. The absolute depth is -36—50 cm. The urn (1st incl. Table 2. 4/1) and the covering bowl (2nd incl. Table 2. 4/2) was Fig. 9. In situ position of the spiral ring from grave S7 9. kép. A. 7. objektum spirálgyűrűjének in situ elhelyezkedése taken out in situ, and it was disassembled at the museum. A further cup (3rd incl. Table 2. 4/4) laid north to the urn, and another mug handle (5th incl. Table 2. 4/5) was found in the NE direction. The ashes were 6 cm thick in the urn, and a small mug (4th incl. Table 2. 4/3) was put onto the top of the ash layer. The larger, less calcined ashes contained a few charcoal pieces. A small bronze spiral ring (6th incl. Table 2. 4/6) stuck to the vessel’s body (Fig. 9). According to the anthropological results, the grave belonged to an adultus woman (K. ZOFFMANN 2015,1). S8 (pit, Fig. 10; Table 5. 13/1—6; Table 10. 21/1—4) A probable storage pit, with indeterminable outlines. The humus was clayey and brown. The exact size was not measurable, as none of the edges were recovered within the excavation trench. The pit, which was used presumably as a storage pit, contained most of the graves (feature SI, S9, S10, SI 1, S12, S13, S16 and S17). As the edges of the pit were not identifiable the finds of this pit are only a part of the assemblage. The finds consisted of fine and domestic pottery (1st incl. Table 5. 13/1—3, 5—6), rubble and grinding stone fragments (2nd incl. Table 10. 21/2—4), daub (3rd incl.), slag (4th incl. Table 10. 21/1) and a piece of obsidian (5th incl. Table 5. 13/4).
