Tálas László szerk.: The late neolithic of the Tisza region (1987)

Vésztő-Mágor (K. Hegedűs and J. Makkay)

K. HEGEDUS-J. MAKKAY Remains of object (a) which can be interpreted either as an enthroned figure or a large anthropomorphic vessel of the cult assemblage. Tisza culture. Scale cca. 1:4 [7] been renewed twice (levels 3b and 4). In levels 3a and 3b, only the width of this house could be measured: 6 m. The various details of the second renewal (level 4) could be observed more clearly and shall be described at greater length below. The uppermost Tisza level that according to the excavator represents the classical phase of the culture, was uncovered at a depth of 170 cm in trench II, and at a depth of 300 cm in trench VIII: a 20 to 30 cm thick burnt layer of debris, indicating that the house had been destroyed by heavy fire. This debris overlay various artefacts including bone tools, loom weights 90