A Debreceni Déri Múzeum Évkönyve 1962-1964 (Debrecen, 1965)
Kralovánszky Alán: Archaelogocial Excavations in County Hajdu-Bihar
Alán Kralovänszky Archaeological Excavations in County Hajdu-Bihar 1944-1961 (register of finds) The paper gives a short description of the archaeological finds excavated in the eastern part of Hungary, County Hajdú-Bihar, from 1944 to 1961. The finds, partly resulting from excavations, partly objects found and turned in by the population, have been placed in the Déri Museum of Debrecen and in the Hajdúsági Museum of Hajdúböszörmény. The new material comprisee 285 objects of various ages and sites, 35 per cent of which have not been described so far The order of description is the same throughout : locality — denomination of the administrative district, geographic region or territory ownership in a stricter sense — the age of the find (from the Neolithic Period to the 17th century) — character of the find (site, cemetery, depot) — the manner of turning up (excavation, sporadic) — year of turning up or including in the inventory — references in literature. The results of archaeological excavations in County Hajdú-Bihar are described in brief in a summary in the introductory part. Distribution by age of these finds is as follows : Neolithic Period 48; Copper Age 21; Bronze Age 46; Early Iron Age 14; Late Iron Age 9; Primitive Age, not accurately defined 14; Sarmatian Age 47; Germanic Age 6; Avar Age 10; time of the Magyar conquest 14; Arpadian period 10; Middle Ages in Hungary 46. European archaeology may be interested in the Copper-Age cemetery at Polgár — Basatanya and the sepulchral find of a Scythian prince at Artánd—Zomlinpuszta. Hingly important for the archaeological exploration of the Carpathian Basin are the excavations at Berettyóújfalu—Herpály, NeoUthic —Copper excavations at Hajdúszoboszló; the Late-Copper —Early-Iron —Bronze depot finds at Debrecen, Dévaványa, Hajdúböszörmény, Nádudvar, Polgár and Újszentmargita; the Scythian tumulus at Balmazújváros, the Avar cemeteries at Balmazújváros—Árkus, Hajdúdorog and Artánd; and the cemeteries of the Magyar conquest period at Biharkeresztes, Derecske, Elep, Egyek and Magyarhomorog (for references see note 4). 45
