Istvánovits Eszter: International Connections... (Jósa András Múzeum Kiadványai 47. Aszód-Nyíregyháza, 2001)

Katalin Almássy: New data on the Celto-Dacian relationship in the Upper Tisza Region

In pits 2 and 22, in feature 8 and in house 9, we found mostly LT material. In pit 3 pottery of the Roman Imperial Period was dominant, and an assemblage of the same time was unearthed along the wall of a section at the humus level. In pit 11, which lacked clear definition, pottery of the LT and Roman Imperial Period was mixed. In house 4 we also found 2-3 pieces of small potsherds from the 8

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th c, but the majority of the material belonged to the Bronze Age (Nyírség Culture) and LT, with some originating from the Roman Imperial Period. The material is not sufficient to date the features with confidence. House 9 was surrounded by smaller pits of very uncertain forms, in which ceramics of Bronze and LT Period were found in more or less equal proportions. Earlier features or the ancient surface must have been disturbed during the construction of the house. At the same time it is interesting to note that features of LT and the Roman Imperial Period did not intersect each other. The proportion and quality of the material of the two periods is different in certain features. In house 9 and in pit 2 (a round pit with a post-hole in the middle) the majority of the material (90 percent) was represented by LT pottery. And while in the house the proportion of the wheel-made LT pottery was significant (represented by 39 percent), at the same time less than one fifth (16%) of the potsherds from pit 2 were wheel-made. The other extreme is represented by pit 3. Only 8 percent of its material Fig.3 Kállósemjén-Forrás tanya: the site