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

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

K. HEGEDUS-J. MAKKAY Tentative reconstruction of object (22) of the cult assemblage. Tisza culture. Scale cca. 1:10 [11] tact large red deer skull complete with antlers, most probably a foundation deposit, was found in the western section of the bedding trench of the southern wall (HEGEDŰS 1977, PI. XXI; however, the caption to this plate states that this foundation deposit lay in the wall of the next superimposed house, belonging to level 3b). There is no evidence whatsoever that the walls had been reinforced by posts or wattling. The overall length of the house is not known; its width was 6 m. Since, however, the width of the house overlying it in level 4 was also 6 m, it can be assumed that the length of the house in level 3a was between 12 to 13 m. The surface of the floor was uneven in spite of careful plastering, sloping towards the south in its eastern half, and towards the north in the western part. The floor was replastered both in level 3a and the ensuing level 3b. The foundation trench of a small partitioning wall adjoining the southern wall was observed at a distance of about 680 cm from the western end of the house, i.e. roughly in the middle of the house. To the east of this partitioning wall directly beside the southern wall, lay a round fireplace, in roughly the same spot as the cult assemblage found in level 4. A rimmed hearth that had been renewed three times in this level was uncovered in the western room. It could be, however, that the house had not been divided by the above-mentioned small partitioning wall - that might in fact have been a clay bench- but by another construction suggested by two post holes uncovered at a distance of appr. 530 cm from the western end of the house. The posts set into these almost symmetrically placed post holes can only be inSacrificial or libation table (2) of the cult assemblage. Tisza culture. H: 18 cm [12] terpreted as having supported a part of the roof construction if the wall plates laid on the longwalls had been connected with ceiling joists, for in this case these would have been supported by these two posts. It would, however, be most unusual if these posts had not belonged to the partitioning wall (even more so, since the wall or low clay bench and the post holes are spaced about 1.5 m from each other). Sacrificial or libation table (12) of the cult assemblage. Tisza culture. H: 28.5 cm [13] 94