A Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve 2015., Új folyam 2. (Szeged, 2015)
RÉGÉSZET - Mészáros Patrícia - Paluch Tibor: Egy középső rézkori település részlete Maroslele határában
Patrícia Mészáros - Tibor Paluch Part of a Middle Copper Age settlement in the vicinity of Maroslele Part of a Middle Copper Age settlement in the vicinity of Maroslele Patrícia Mészáros - Tibor Paluch During the preventive excavations carried out along the track of the planned M43 motorway between Szeged and Makó, a shortly occupied, temporary settlement of the people of the Hunyadihalom group was found on the right side of the road between Maroslele and Hódmezővásárhely, in the northern vicinity of Maroslele, in an area called Pernyehát. Altogether 10 datable pits belong to this period. Ceramic decorations characteristic for the period can be observed in the material, such as rims decorated with finger impressions, cordons and knobs of various shapes and handles. The most important characteristic of the period among the finds from Maroslele is the presence of disc-shaped handles ("Scheibenhenkel"). Probably more features could belong to this period, but they did not contain any diagnostic pottery. Their contemporaneity is also indicated by the fact that the Copper Age settlement was found in the SE corner of the excavated area, directly beside the modern road, clearly delineated from the features of other periods. The Copper Age settlement probably continues under the road and south of the excavated area. The published material, together with the excavated finds from Hódmezővásárhely-Kingéc- halom and Hódmezővásárhely, Batida III sites will significantly improve our knowledge of the Early/Middle Copper Age occupations of the Tisza-Maros confluence and the Maros valley, and may help refine its internal chronology. Although the material published here is not suitable for the refinement of chronology, through its publication a new site can be placed on the distribution map of the Hunyadihalom culture, and a new segment of the Copper Age of the Tisza-Maros interfluves is revealed. 33
