Ljudje ob Muri. Népek a Mura Mentén 1. kötet (Zalaegerszeg, 1996)
Honti Szilvia (Kaposvár): The Urnfield Culture in South-Somogy
Az urnamezős kultúra Dél-Somogyban THE URNFIELD CULTURE IN SOUTH-SOMOGY The southern part of Somogy County, in cultural respects, differs from the other regions of Transdanubia and it is connected to the Mura-Drava-Sava area, laying southwards, during the most time of prehistory. The same phenomenon can be observed in the late Bronze Age, during the most part of the Urnfield period. North from the river Drava, near to Bares two sites are known, the finds of which cover nearly the whole Urnfield period: Pusztabarcs and Vuko vári-mező. The finds connected to both settlements come from the surface collections by Márton Rózsás (Drava Museum, Barcs). At Pusztabarcs two urn graves of the early period of the culture, and seven cremation burials in the scattered ash form of the late Urnfield culture (phase 4-5) were excavated, besides, a smaller bronzefind of phase 3 came to light. The period of the emergence of the Urnfield culture, similarly to other regions of Transdanubia, is represented in our area by the Virovitica group which preserves earlier Tumulus culture traditions and which has its local peculiarities. These are represented very well by the two urn graves excavated at Pusztabarcs. During the middle period of the life of the culture the whole complex can be considered as homogeneous from South-Moravia to North-Croatia, this way the ceramic finds of the Baierdorf-Velatice group are characteristic for our region. During the late period of the Urnfield culture the complex is spread and local groups are forming. This can be observed in the case of the latest burials at Pusztabarcs the finds of which have their parallels from the Trescerovac and Krupace (North-Croatia), furthermore from the Ruse/Maira Rasti (Slovenia) cemeteries as well as from the graves of the Kiskőszeg-Dalj group. The two sites at the vicinity of Bares, in spite of the fact that the finds partly come from surface collections, enlarge our knowledge about the Urnfield culture and give new data to clear the history of the Bronze Age peoples living in the interfluvial region. 47
