A Debreceni Déri Múzeum Évkönyve 1997-1998 (Debrecen, 1999)

Utak a múltba - Kivonat az M3 autópálya nyomvonalán feltárt régészeti leletek kiállítási katalógusából

the village. Beside the Celtic finds, artefact types representing a different tradition are also noteworthy. These include hand-thrown pottery wares, as well as various iron and bone artefacts which reflect the survival of the Scythian period population and their blending with the newcomers. The chronologically "sensitive" finds from Polgár, such as the masked bead and the graphitic vessels, can be assigned to the early La Téne B2 period, which can be dated to the turn of the 4th3rd centuries B.C. The masked bead, produced in a workshop in the northern Pontic, is not only an important chronological anchor, but also a significant indicator of an intricate system of interrelations which evolved in the 3rd century B.C., following the eastward expansion of the Celts. The Polgár settlement was established at the turn of the 4th-3rd centuries B.C., and did not survive beyond the first half of the 2nd century B.C. The dating of the Polgár and Sajópetri villages harmonizes neatly with the earliest appearance of the La Téne culture in this region. 181