Achaeometrical Research in Hungary II., 1988

ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY - Tünde HORVÁTH - Erzsébet MARTON: Prehistoric spinning and weaving objects from the Carpathian basin (Hungary)

Pit from the Late Iron Age, with loom weights and post holes,

19 that also included other implements. Spindle whorls Site: Velem - Szent Vid, from the rampart of the Late Iron Age (and Late Tumulus as well as Early Urnfield cultures). Number of spindle weights: 14 conical shaped (fig. 12, fig. 14), 74 pieces disc shaped (made from pottery fig. 12, fig. 14:2-5). Pieces that were possibly spindle weights include the following forms: double conicshaped, pear-shaped and small, flat disc-shaped whorls. These last mentioned whorls were made from the debris of ceramic sherds. One of the more puzzling questions is how these spindle weights were used? And where? Were they low or high spindles? Types A./Double conical shaped Measurements: d= 4-5 cm hole d=l-3 cm width of the supposed spindle: 1-3 cm B./Disc shaped Measurements: d= 4.5-4 cm hole d= 2 cm width of the supposed spindle: 2 cm Some pieces have no hole in them (are they spindle whorl blanks?) C/ Sand dollar whorls Site: Százhalombatta, from the settlement-level of Early-Late Iron Age (fig. 17, fig. 18) Measurements: d= 2.5-3.5cm hole d= 0.3-0.8 cm Are such pieces shuttles or normal spindle weights?

20 Distaffs Up to now, in Hungary we do not have any published finds from the prehistoric period. Bobbins (Bone implements) Site: Százhalombatta Early-Late Bronze Age level, Iron Age debris of а На С Period House. Stratigraphie Unit: 44 (fig. 17). G. lion, personal communication Barber, 1992. p. 305 253