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Culture. However, examining the material recovered from the site makes its assignment to the Mako Culture alone problematic. It seems that the finds cannot be undoubtedly identified as representatives of this culture. The material mainly consists of household pottery with coarse surface and broom-stroked decoration. Characteristic decorations are those of ribs marked with finger tip impressions or incisions. In some cases the broom-stroked surface is smoothed and refined, and the vessels are decorated by a wart-ornament. Analogies of these decorative patterns can be found in the material of Somogyvár-Vinkovci-, Nyírség- as well as of Nagyrév culture. 20 " 29 The pottery recovered from the site can be grouped as follows: 1. Storage vessels and pots The largest quantity of pottery belonged to this type. (PI. XV. 1, 2, 7, 8, 16, 19—21, 22—26., pi. XVI. 1—4, 7, 10, 15—17.) Their parallels can be found in the materials of Early Bronze Age Cultures. 2. Bowls The occurance of this pottery type is the second largest in quantity on the site. (PI. XV. 4—5, 10—11, 13—15., pl.lX. 6, 9, 13) Most of them are cone-frustum type with various rims, one of them is a pedestalled bowl. They can be assigned to the Early Bronze Age Period. 4649 3. Jugs They form a particular type of the pottery finds. (PI. XV. 6, 12, 17—18., pi. XVI. 5, 8, 11, 14.) They fall into the same type of vessels on the basis of their size, but they are slightly different in shape. According to their shapes three types of them can be distinguished. Analogies are known from the Mako and Ada cultures. 50-53 4. Jars (pi. XV. 3, 23) and mugs (pi. XV. 9., pi. XVI. 12, 18.) Jars and mugs were quite rare on the site. Parallels can be mentioned from the Ada Culture and from the sites of Somogyvár-Vinkovci Culture. 54-61 The analysis of the material of Tiszakürt site throws light upon the peculiarity of the site as well as its pottery finds. Relating the site unambiguously to this or that culture seems to be impossible. According to the archaeological research the pottery finds, on the basis of their shapes, seem to be closely related to the Early Bronze Age of Vajdaság, Szerémség or Szlavónia and the south territory of Transdanubia, and the cultures of Ada and Somogyvár-Vinkovci. And yet, in spite of the seemingly obvious correspondences, the site cannot be regarded as a true representative of these cultures. Assigning the site to the above-mentioned cultures seems to be problematic as the material of Tiszakürt lacks characteristic vessel-forms (eg. deep bowls with flaring sides and rim leaning outward) and the rare occurance of certain vessel types (eg. jars), on the other hand, the occurance of the pottery types within the material makes it ambiguous to relate them to these cultures. Taking into consideration the number of occurances of certain pottery types, it may be concluded that the site shows characteristic features of the Mako culture. The great number of storage vessels and pots and the small number of mugs and jars also indicate the dating of the site to the Mako Culture. The observations made at the features of the settlement also seem to support the latter supposition. 75
