Madaras László – Szabó László – Tálas László szerk.: Tisicum - A Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Megyei Múzeumok Évkönyve 8. (1993)

Kertész Róbert: Adatok a Nagyalföld mezolitikumához

Worked and unworked blades — backed blade (T.I.4.) 12,85 - 72 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.6. — crescent (T./2-3.) 11,5 - 5,8; 13,9 - 625 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.1., 90.5.3. — trapéze (T.I.1.) 12 - 5,75 mm, inv. N°: 90.52. — blade obliquely truncated at its distal end (1.1.5.) 10-8,6 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.4. — blade with an arched retouch at its distal end (T.I.6.) 2025 - 12,05 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.36. — blade obliquely struck off at its distal end (T.

II23-24, 37.) 1825 - 11,6; 18,5 7,5; 39,9 - 20,8 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.83., 90.521., 90.5.39. — transversely struck blade (T.11.17, 19, 21-22.) 10,9 - 9,25; 11,9 - 14,3; 13,5 11,4; 22,3 - 9,7 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.99., 90.5.24., 90.5.22., 90.5.13. — blade with intact edges (T.

II.1-4, 6, 8, 11-12, 16.) 8,1 - 6; 9,8 - 5,4; 13,1 - 5; 17,3 - 11; 19,3 - 8,9; 19,4 - 11,8; 19,1 - 11,6; 23,85 - 11 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.17., 90.5.464., 90.5.19., 90.5.14., 90.5.10., 90.5.18., 90.5.15., 90.5.35., 90.5.12. — fragments of blades with intact edges (T.II.5, 9-10, 13, 15, 28.) 16,1 - 6,8; 12,5 - 11,85; 14,55 - 9,65; 19,8 - 8,4; 23 9,5; 12,2 - 7,9 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.32., 90.5.459., 90.5.16., 90.5.30., 90.5.27., 90.5.103. — proximal fragment of blade (T.II.18, 32.) 11,8 - 17,5; 20,6 - 19,7 mm, inv. N°: 90.523., 90.528. — médiai fragment of blade (T.II.29.) 7,1 8,4 mm, inv. N°: 90.525. — distal fragment of blade (T.II20.) 13,1 10,8 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.34. — irregu/ar blade (T.II.26.) 27,65 - 16,9 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.37. — blade-like flake (T.II.7, 14, 27.) 17,9 11,1; 22,4 - 8,65; 24,7 - 14,3 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.31., 90.5268., 90.5.9. Worked flakes — flake with pointed truncation (T.11.25.) 33,3 -17,7 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.57. — flake with pointed truncation (T.11.36.) There is peari retouch along the right edge of the tool, 21,4 - 15,1 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.50. — flake with arched truncation (T.11.33.) 282 - 19,05 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.7. — flake retouched at its distal end (T.II.31.) 19,2 - 17,8 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.107.flake here and there retouched around its margin (T.//.35.) The tool is burnt, its surface is cracked, its striking platform has a clactonian character, 22,2 -21,7 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.84. — flake with chisel edge (T.I.15/A-B) 39,2 - 18,3 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.59. — bulky flake with chisel edge (T.IV.9.) 38,2 - 25 mm, inv. N°: 90.5.163. Cores — Pyramidal and prismatic pieces, the latter ones with sing/e or doub/e bases are the most characteristic (T.III.1/A-BC-5/A-B-C). They have various dimensions. Inv. N°: 90.5.125., 90.5.119., 90.5.65., 90.5.465. In addition to cores raw matériái nodules were collected by the inhabitants of the settlement in a fairly large quantity. The Jászberény II tools are microliths, the dimensions of only one tool (T.III.6.) are larger than 40 mm. The majority of the tools is carefully manufactured and covered with white patina. This, concerning alsó the observations at the nearby site Jászberény I, is most probable due to the high carbonate content of the layer B below the recent humus layer. The layer B corresponds to the stratigraphic position of the Mesolithic occupation levél The majority of the tools were made of raw materials of hydrothermal origin, primarily of limnoquarzite and hydroquarzite varieties. These raw materials were most probably collected from surface sources of the Mátra Mts., which is at somé 50 kms' distance from the site to the N. The limnoquarzite and hydroquarzite types of the site Jászberény II originated mostly from the hydrothermal zone of the Central and Western Mátra Mts. was available for the Mesolithic hunters in an almost unrestricted quantity. It is noteworthy that obsidian had only a very small role; only two implements (T.I.9. and T.IV.7.) were made of it. As for technology, in the Jászberény II industry the manufacture of flakes is predominant, the quantity of tools made on blades (geometric, backed pieces, retouched, truncated blades) is small. The ratio of flake scrapers is high, the second most frequently occuring tool group is that 88