Vaday Andrea – Bánffy Eszter – Bartosiewicz László – T. Biró Katalin – Gogältan Florin – Horváth Friderika – Nagy Andrea: Kompolt-Kistér : Újkőkori, bronzkori, szarmata és avar lelőhely Leletmentő ásatás az M+-as autópálya nyomvonalán (Eger, 1999)

The site of Kompolt, Kistér

367 THE SITE OF KOMPOLT, KISTÉR cases, however, one may hypothesise that the deposition process lasted for a longer time. 3

8 According to the materials packed by depth and stratigraphy, purely Avar material with only minimal Sarmatian contamination was found only in the uppermost layers of wells. 3

9 The arrow indicates the Avar Period well, which cannot be disregarded during the evaluation of wells within this region. 4

0 VADAY et al. 1996. 78-79, 100-103, 158, Figures 2425-26. 4

1 HAJDÚ et al. 1997. Figures 107-108. 4

2 VÁRADI 1997. 118. 4

3 There were five animal bones in this fill. 4

4 Similar ditches were found during the course of rescue excavations of Road 83 running around Ménfőcsanak which belonged to a Roman Period indigeneous settlement. At the site of Kompolt - Kistéri tanya several similar features came to light in the proximity of houses and wells. 4

5 The same phenomenon was observed at the settlements of both Ménfőcsanak and Kompolt-Kistér tanya. 4

6 The same phenomenon could also be observed in the case of open air neolithic fireplaces. 4

7 Thanks are due to L. Bartosiewicz, for identifying and recording these data. A detailed discussion of these data is included in Chapter 10. 4

8 At least in the excavated section of the site. 4

9 Only one of the wells fell within the area of early, agricultural character at this settlement. The remaining five belonged to the later, industrial horizon. 5

0 Not even slow water replacement would explain the high number of wells, although the quantity of water could be estimated only at the time of excavations. 5

1 For archaeozoological data and analysis see Chapter 10. 5

2 This latter phenomenon may be explained by the presence of fragments that were difficult to date precisely. 5

3 Since the secondary deposit is also of Sarmatian origins, one may presume that this section of the settlement was also used by the inhabitants of the earlier settlement. 5

4 More exactly, the excavated sections of settlement! 5

5 TOMKA 1988. 46, 48 discusses the difficulties of dating on the basis of settlement ceramics in detail. 5

6 TOMKA 1988. 48. 5

7 TOMKA 1988. Only three vessel fragments of the material were interpreted both in metric and stylistic terms of the ceramics also shown in Figure 74. 5

8 Due to the fragmented state of this material it was not always possible to decide whether a fast wheel or secondary wheel-throwing had been used. 5

9 VIDA 1986. 30 mentioned Szob and Gyöngyöspata. 6

0 GARAM 1998. 6

1 In the opinion of László Bartosiewicz, this tool may be of Avar origins, since dog bone was rarely used in Sarmatian bone manufacturing, while this material seems to have been relatively frequently chosen by Avar craftspeople. 6

2 At this section, the ditch could not be followed any longer, since it lay at a height above the house. Thus it is also a question, whether the ditch indeed cut into the house or just passed directly by it. In this latter case it could not have belonged to the house.