Ilon Gábor: Szombathely őskori településtörténetének vázlata (Szombathely, 2004)

Ilon Gábor slope, slope under the Reiszig-foresi)

, but the downtown was also migrated. This obviously outlined the territory and the borders of power in the "shadow" of St. Vid of Velem. The products of craftsmanship made in the Velem center appeared at the end of the 19th century; e.g.: Óperint (Table XXVII. 1-8) and most recently the Bronze depot in Jaki Street. Modus vivendi, a unique piece as well as an artifact in the history of religions, regarded as the remarkable "rival" of the golden diadem found in Velem, is a diadem with bronze plates and a sun bark symbol that can be associated with the "Sun God" (Table XXVII.). The end of this era and the transitional period to the Iron Age are substantially marked by 32 graves consisting cremated remains (Fig. 37) recovered during the 1st phase of the construction works of the bypass route around Zanat (Appendix 3-1) and where two cremating pyres were also identified demonstrating the Kalendenberg impact of the early Hallstatt Culture (Table LX. 1). The Iron Age (Fig. 16) The role of St. Vid of Velem in the regional power had not declined in these years either. The current administrative boundary of Szombathely constituted an integral part of the central zone. We deem to discover the continuous evolution of the eastern branch of the Hallstatt Culture on the basis of local conditions. This point has been verified by Stillfried and Kalendenberg elements, inter alia, the aforementioned cemetery in Zanat. We had an authorization to survey a part of this outstanding site (in 2002) on the slope under the Reiszig-forest (Appendix 5) during the 3rd phase of the construction of the northern bypass route. The clay fragments of their „home altar" are regarded as quite exciting artifacts (Fig. 54). Although the presence of Skitas may be confirmed in the immediate vicinity only (see Bucsu, Sé) and not in the city, I believe that it is only the matter of time and fortune to find such pieces. Artifacts, recovered at the city borders and dating back to the 7th and 6th centuries and referring to Greek origin and southern trade relations, foreshadow intense interaction under all circumstances (Table LXI. 1). The dense séden tation of the Celts are pictured by their dwellings set up at the boundary of the downtown at the sites of 63 Kálvária Street, Route 8721 (Fig. 46-47), at Zanat 0 (Fig. 55/1), during the 2nd construction phase (Fig. 55/2, Fig. 56) as well as on the slopes under Kó'szer (Appendix 4) and Reiszigforest (Appendix 5). The first site gave place for a surface and wooden structure house of a late LT D age, whilst the other ones furnished similar and underground farm buildings and houses. Notably, the iron processing workshop recovered on the slope under the Reiszig-forest is an outstanding feature amongst the facilities of a farming function (object 44: Fig. 61). Moreover, the remains of the dead body of a boy surrounded by manual grinding stones thrown into a pit on the slope under the Reiszig-forest should be highlighted (object 390: Fig. 62). However, a cremated grave found on the slope of Kó'szer and dated LT С refers to an ordinary cemetery (object 44: Fig. 60). Eventually, we should pinpoint that nearby St. Vid of Velem, i.e. the Celtic tribal center, at the peryphery of its territory, in the vicinity of its route (Borostyánkő = Amber) being in use for several thousands of years in the Prehistoric era, the Roman Emperor Claudius established the first city of Pannónia, specifically Savaria, around the 1st century for some conspicuous reasons. Finally, I can conclude that the Prehistoric geographical occlusion of the current territory of Szombathely and Vas County in the Lower Alps region as a relative and an authority unit was delimited by the Rába River to the East. This river and its side waters (including the Perint and Gyöngyös), however, ensured an open geographical location to the West and North-West. The cultural connections of this 100