Gyöngyössy Márton (szerk.): Perspectives on the Past. Major Excavations in County Pest (Szentendre, 2008)
(2700/2500-800 ВС) И I V V_/0 uyi 3» 9 A roughly 10 hectares large area was investigated in 2002-2003 in an area known as Hegyi szántók prior to the enlargement of the Budajenő housing estate. In addition to the 800 features of a single layer Middle Bronze Age settlement, post-holes indicating the one-time presence of larger buildings were uncovered in three other areas. Most of the excavated settlement features were refuse pits. A few features and their associated finds can be interpreted as relics of pottery manufacture (kiln remains and semi-finished vessels), others as refuse pits and clay extraction pits. Some pits were used for firing, and finds of loom weights and conical and disc shaped spindle whorls reflect the manufacture of textiles. The pits yielded animal bones and enormous quantities of pottery, indicating that the settlement was occupied during the Vatya lll/Koszider period. The finds included a few chipped stone implements, bone implements, a bronze pin, a piece of amber and two moulds carved from sandstone. that bronze metallurgy was predominantly practiced on the fortified settlements. The elite living in these settlements controlled a strategically important resource, the bronze used for producing tools, weapons and various prestige articles. Finds of amber, reaching the settlement through long-distance trade, are another reflection of the presence of an elite. The settlement at Budajenő is one of the most extensively investigated settlements of the Vatya lll/Koszider period in Hungary. It occupied a prominent position among the other fortified settlements of the Koszider period, such as Alpár and Százhalombatta. • Tamás Repiszky 1. Mould 2. Amber beads 3. Vessels decorated with lime encrusted patterns and other motifs 4. Portable hearth The trenches cutting through the ramparts north of the settlement yielded pottery from the same period. The appearance of fortified settlements is generally explained as the reflection of social ranking in the settlement hierarchy. The moulds and bronze slag remains indicating local metalworking on the settlement is another confirmation of earlier observations Л fortified Bronze Age settlement at Budajenő
