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

is composed of LT finds, and pottery of the Roman Imperial Period is represented exclusively by handmade pieces. On the basis of this material it seems logical to conclude that there existed a LT and an Imperial Period settlement on this territory at different times, independently of each other. Features House 9 Pit 2 Pit 3 Feature 11 LT wheelmade pottery 93 pc 21 pc 8 pc 5 pc LT handmade pottery 127 pc 98 pc 5 pc 19 pc Roman Imperial Roman I. Period handmade pottery 6 pc 3 pc 6 pc Period handmade pottery 14 pc 8 pc 108 pc 14 pc There are two factors at odds with this assessment, however. On the one hand, there is feature 11 with mixed material, in which the fragments of LT pottery (small, but numerous) were joined by larger pieces of the Roman Period. One third of the latter were wheel-made, and there were also grey, bright, engobed pieces of Roman origin (fig. 4: 2, 4). In the above-mentioned assemblage from the humus layer, the material of the two periods were mixed as well: alongside several handmade fragments of vessels of the Roman Period and the everted rim of a wheel-made bowl, several smaller potsherds of LT character were unearthed (fig. 5). It is also noteworthy that the majority of the pottery of the Roman Imperial Period is represented by handmade, barrel-shaped pots. Might this suggest that the local population used vessels of LT tradition when it needed wheel-made pottery? Fig. 4 Kállósemjén-Forrás tanya: engobed fragments