Agria 41. (Az Egri Múzeum Évkönyve - Annales Musei Agriensis, 2005)

Fodor László–Vaday Andrea: Római kori leletek Adácson

László Fodor-Andrea Vaday Roman Period Finds at Adács Archaeological finds were discovered during the construction of a water reservoir near Adács village (Heves county) in 1972. László Fodor conducted the rescue excavation. A settlement fragment from the Árpádian Period and 53 graves of a cemetery fragment of subsequent periods were uncovered at the reservoir. (Fig. 1) Forty-six graves came from the Roman period. 92.6 % of the Sarmatian graves were robbed. Fig. 19 shows the general data of the graves. The index values of the graves (Fig. 17) range between 1.3 and 4.9. The grave of a woman (no. 26) was enclosed by a ditch. The absolute distribution by sex is the following: males females females? ? 3 12 1 30 The absolute distribution by age is the following: adult adolescent infant infannt? ? 24 1 2 2 17 Roman imported wares (a mirror, a glass vessel, a knee-brooch) occur in the Sarmatian graves in low numbers. Some of the glass beads, including a faience pendant and bead, came from the Black Sea region. The character of the preserved finds did not afford an exact dating. The analogue of the enamelled brooch in grave no. 26 is an item from Saalburg, which is dated from the 2

nd century and partly from the 3

rd century. The barbarian copy of a cup of type Drag. 33 could be produced after the appearance of the original items in the Barbaricum, so it was probably prepared in the period after the second half of the 2

nd century AD. A few of the enlisted finds can be dated from a longer period. The common period, in which all the dated finds occur, is the second half of the 2

nd century. A few graves can perhaps be dated from the end of this period or even from the 3

rd century AD. This is suggested by the polygonal carnelian beads, the brooches with returned feet and two wheel-thrown vessels of globular bodies reflecting German influence and also the hand-thrown vessel in grave no. 9. 87