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Régészeti tanulmányok - Somogyvári Ágnes: Bronzkori edénylelet Városföld–Homokbánya lelőhelyről
SOMOGYVÁRI ÁGNES: BRONZKORI EDÉNYLELET VÁROSFÖLD-HOMOKBÁNYA LELŐHELYRŐL Ágnes Somogyvári Bronze Age pottery find from the site of Városföld - Homokbánya The assemblages of 14 vessels was taken to the Katona József Museum in 1972 from a sand mine at the southern edge of Városföld. According to the finders description the vessels were found in one place with their mouths downwards, and there were no burned or whole bones inside or around them. Despite the observations of the finders, the finds were seen as grave goods and the site itself is registered as a cemetery. From the vessels found and brought to the museum, the majority were storage vessels: five storage vessels/pots with wide mouths, along with four narrow mouthed vessel with differing sizes. The assemblage is completed with three cups and a small bowl. A small Vatya cup was catalogue in with the Városföld finds as well. We think that the heavily restored cup is not part of the find. The examined material contains the typical vessels of the Tumulus culture. The Middle Bronze Age traditions can be seen, but there are no sign of the later phase of the Tumulus culture. According to this the vessel hoard can be dated to the classical phase of the Tumulus culture, BB2BC. We suppose that the vessels were not grave goods but parts of a vessel hoard based on the composition of the assemblage. It looks like there are two connecting assemblages in the hoard. The appearance of the same pottery type is characteristic to hoards as can be seen in the hoards of Hegykő, Veszprém, Oszlár for example. As the vessels themselves had no such value as bronze jewellery or weapons, in their hiding the purpose was not their value but their role as tools for a ritual, after which it couldn't be used profanely again. The hoard we are discussing is a smaller hoard because of the number of the vessels, so probably was used by a smaller community for ritual activity concerning agriculture. 139
