A Nyíregyházi Jósa András Múzeum évkönyve 46. (Nyíregyháza, 2004)

Régészet - Mikhailo Potushniak: Data the question of the Stračevo/Körös Culture dwellings in the Upper Tisza Region

Mikhailo Potushniak the concentration of big pieces of burned clay plastering with the traces of branches that made the framework, found in different levels. The eastern wall of this pit had a burned vertical wall, and at its base we observed thin layers of ash and charcoal (fig. 5-5a). In the filling of the dwelling we found more than 3.500 units of archaeological material (fig. 9: 68-100). No compact concentrations of pottery were observed. Only at the base of one of the pits, in the southwestern corner of the dwelling, two unbroken, black polished biconical bowls were found upside down. One of them had a ring shaped bottom. Semi-subterranean house 4/82 (fig. 4), found 13 m west of subterranean house 3/82, was half destroyed by the building activities of the eastern channel. The outlines of the feature were observed 0.3 m deep from the modern surface, at the level of subsoil. The remains of the feature were 10x4-5 m large. This was a pit dug into the subsoil 0.2-03 m deep. The whole structure must have been an elongated oval feature with aN-S axis. Its length could be about 12 m, the utmost width 6-7 m. At the investigated part of the feature, at its base (under the eastern wall) we traced three big wash tub shaped pits situated in a row, from the north to the south. They were 0.8 m deep from the base. These must had been the remains of pillar support. In the southern end of the dwelling pit, under the wall, in one of the pits, a thick, irregular concentration of clay plastering was found. Inside it, there were layers of ash and small pieces of charcoal. The base and side wall of the pit were burned. The clay kiln must had been situated here. In the filling of the investigated part of the dwelling we collected a small but rich archaeological material. In the filling of three pits, remains of twelve unbroken and half-preserved vessels were unearthed. According to all typological features, the pottery of this dwelling is absolutely identical with that of the subterranean house 3/82 (fig. 3). This fact refers to their synchronous existence. Fig. 6 Settlement Rivne-KismezoV S zerny e-Ki sm ező Ground plan of dwelling 2/88. 1: ploughing level, 2: subsoil, 3: cultural layer, 4: remains of the kiln, 5: track of the channel 6. kép Szernye-Kismező Rivne-Kismező 2/88. épület 1: szántott réteg, 2: altalaj, 3: kultúrréteg 1 m 4: tűzhely maradványai, 5: csatorna vonala 58