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T. LÁNG, ORSOLYA: Control Excavations in the Territory of the Civil Town of Aquincum: the so-called „Testvérhegy-villa"

LÁNG 2005 T. LÁNG O.: Későrómai temetkezés a Testvérhegyi villa környezetében - Late Roman Burial in the vicinity of the Testvérhegy villa. AqFüz 11. 2005. In press OTTOMÁNYI 2002 OTTOMANYI K.: in: Régészeti kutatások Magyarországon 2002 - Archaeological Investigations in Hungary 2002. Nr. 38. 2002.185-187. OTTOMÁNYI 2003 OTTOMÁNYI K.: in: Régészeti kutatások Magyarországon 2003 - Archaeological Investigations in Hungary 2003. Nr. 61. 2003. 168-170. PÓCZY 1971 PÓCZY K.: A békásmegyeri villa és az Aquincum környéki villák a markomann háborúk után - Die Villa von Békásmegyer und die Gutshöfe in der Umgebung von Aquincum nach dem Markomannenkriegen. BudRég 22. 1971. 85-102. ZSIDI 2004 ZSIDI P. : Aquincum topográfiája - The topography of Aquincum. SpecimiaNova 18. 2004. 167-226. NOTES 1

1 would like to thank A. Choyke for correcting my English and P. Zsidi for her useful advice. 2 For the latest summary of the villas in the territory of Aquincum see: FORSCHUNGEN.

. .2003. 173-182. 3 For the function and phases of this road see: LÁNG 2003b. in press 4 The Solymárvölgy-valley remained the main route towards the northwest of Hungary and Vienna through the Middle Ages up to modern times. See its modern name: Bécsi út 5 GARÁDY 1938. 184. For description of both roads : 183-187. 6 For the buildings on the slope and for the graveyard of Bithinia Severa see: GARÁDY 1936. 88-96. 7 Preliminary report of the 2002 and 2003-year excavation: LÁNG 2003a. 95-110.; LÁNG 2004. 90-105. 8 GARÁDY 1936. 88-94. 9 The research was carried out by T. Tóth (Geomega Kft.) to whom I am most grateful, for letting me publishing the results. 10 2005-year excavations will concern the immediate neighbourhood of this area, so the results may alter. 11 See fh. 7. 12 These limestone blocks had holes on their surfaces, suggesting that these stones had come from the topmost layers of a mine, that is to say, this earliest pavement was created at the time of the opening of the mine. I would like to express my thanks to geologists A. Mindszenty and Z. Horváth for the information on stone-types. 13 GRENIER 1934. 375. 140 cm-wide wheel-ruts could also be seen on the following three road pavements above, probably all Roman. 14 BMC III.1341. 15 See „History of Research" on p. 1. 16 Anthropological research was carried out by É. Tankó to whom I would like to express my thanks. 17 The site at Budaörs is similar, see: OTTOMÁNYI 2002. 185-187. and 2003. 168-170. 18 PÓCZY 1971. 94. 19 Seefn:18. 20 PÓCZY 1971. 99. See also: ZSIDI 2004. 205. 21 The grave was excavated in 2004: see LÁNG 2005. In press