Achaeometrical Research in Hungary II., 1988

ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY - Gábor ILON: Celtic period fortifitations and an experiment to reconstruct the rampart - Gór (Vas county)

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nd period

: the period of the settlement defended by a fortification. The analysis of a timber removed from post hole sk-1 of the rampart in sections E 1-3 yielded the following date: Deb-2596 sample

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: 2210 (BP) +/- 40 = (1 sigma) 363-187 cal ВС (cal 332, 321) Illrd period

: some stratigraphie observations imply (although this statement will have to be substantiated by analysis of the entire material), that after having abandoned the fortification, Celts survived on Kápolna hill as is suggested by a 14

C date (HERTELENDI and CSONGOR 1989) from pit "a" on Surface I: Deb-1690 sample: 2170 (BP) +/- 60 = (1 sigma) 362-128 cal ВС Based on 14

C dates, the settlement might have existed throughout a century at the end of the Early Celtic Period (LT B2) and the beginning of the Middle Celtic Period (LT Cl). Acknowledgements Ceramic analyses have been carried out using several methods within the framework of the research project MTA OTKA T 018191. References Веку 1989: Веку, A., A tölgy termesztése és hasznosítása. Budapest, 1989. Biró 1995: Biró, K., Lithic implements of Gór, NW Hungary, evidence of stone casting moulds production; preliminary results. The Study of Marble and Other Stones used in Antiquity. Aemosia III Athen, 1995. 51-56. Bfen 1966: BREN, J., Tfisov. Oppidum Celtique en Böhme méridionale. Prague, 1966. Buchsenschutz et.al 1990: Buchsenschutz, O.-Cserményi, V.-Guillaumet, J.P.-Szabó, M., Francia-magyar ásatás Velem-Szentviden (Előzetes jelentés az 1988/89.évi kutatásokról). /Fouilles franco-hongroises á Velem-Szentvid/ Savaria 19/2 (1990)7-24. Buchsenschutz et.al 1990b: Buchsenschutz, O.-Cserményi, V.-Guillaumet, J.P.-Szabó, M., La campagne franco-hongroise de fouilles des 1988 a Velem-Szentvid. ActaArchHung 42 (1990) 45-54. Dénes 1990: Dénes, J., Árpád-kori vár Gór-Kápolnadombon (A fortification from Árpád Era at Gór-Kápolnadomb). Castrum Bene Gyöngyös, 1990. 203-207. Ilon 1992: Ilon, G., Keftiubarren Ingot from an Urn-grave Culture settlement at GórKápolnadomb (с. Vas) ActaArchHung 44 (1992) 239-259. For this and all the analyses from Gór I am grateful to Ede Hertelendi and his colleaguse (Debrecen). 234