A Nyíregyházi Jósa András Múzeum évkönyve 41. - 1999 (Nyíregyháza, 1999)
Régészet - Eszter Istvánovits: Tiszavasvári-Városföldje, Jegyző-tag. A settlement of the 5th century
Eszter Istvánovits Sarmatian burial of barrow grave 20 from Kubei (SIMONENKO 1995.349, Fig. 11.5). Bead Here we have to mention one carnelian polyhedric bead (PI. XVI. 3). Andrea Vaday placed the appearance of this type to the middle of the 4th century (VADAY 1997.96). However, to-date the dating of such beads has not got a solid basis yet. To-date we know only a few similar settlements or parts of settlements. On the first hand I again have to refer to the excavations in Tiszaeszlár-Bashalom (KOVALOVSZKI 1980), where beside the similarity of ceramic forms and technology, a number of similar features can be proved also in the structure of the settlement. Among unpublished settlements I would like to draw the attention to Zsigmond Haj du' s excavation in Józsa-Klastrompart 19 and to the assemblage kept in the museum of Satu Mare/ Szatmárnémeti. 20 In the course of the analysis of the cemetery of the Imperial Age I have already referred to the fact that this region was densely populated starting from the end of the 2nd century (ISTVÁNOVITS 1990.83 and 1. kép). Part of the settlements continued its existence without interruption until the end of the 4th - beginning of the 5th century. In this period we have to count with new, strong moves of people at the Upper Tisza region. The new ethnic wave used the cemeteries of Tiszadob-Tiszakarád-Tiszavalk type. 21 1 suggest that the settlement of Tiszavasvári and the ones similar to it can be connected with these cemeteries. Beside the chronological and territorial coincidence this connection is shown by the fact that the Tiszavasvári bits are analogous with the bits of the Ujhartyán and Szilágysomlyó assemblages which are relative with the Tiszadob group from many aspects. Translated by Valéria Kulcsár 19. Finds are kept in the Déri Museum (Debrecen). I thank Zsigmond Hajdú for allowing me the acquaintance with the finds. 20. Finds are going to be published by Gh. Lazin. I thank him for being allowed to see the material. 21. Recently on these problems: ISTVÁNOVITS 1998/B. 182
