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Horváth László: Gyerekjáték vagy attribútum? Kelta leletek Magyarszentmiklósról (Zala megye)

42 Horváth László garica. 2. Der Braunsberg. Linzer Archaologische For schungen 23, Linz 1995. STRIEWE 1996 Striewe, K.: Studien zur Nauheimer Fibel und áhnlichen Formen der Spatlaténezeit. Internationale Archâologie 29, Espelkamp 1996. VENCLOVÁ 1990 Venclová, N.: Prehistoric glass in Bohemia. Archeologicky ústav. CSAV, Praha 1990. WIELAND 1996 Wieland, G.: Die Spatlaténezeit in Württemberg. In recent years we have dealt with the multi-period site on the northern outskirts of the village of Magyarszentmiklós on several occasions. At first we have published three Celtic features from the north eastern area of the site, some twenty years ago, in 1987 in a short paper. However, in that paper we have only mentioned the finds, which came to the light because there was not enough space to published them in detail (HORVÁTH 1987a, 64). In addition the site was also reviewed in the city monograph of Nagykanizsa (Hungary) (HORVÁTH 1994, 107), and recently we have published a Roman vessel, decorated with horse figures (HORVÁTH 2005), which was found in our rescue excavation on the southern area of the Site. In the present paper we deal with the Celtic finds of the Site from the settlement and from a smaller cemetery. At the northern border of Magyarszentmiklós, east to the accommodation road leading to the neighbouring village, Magyarszerdahely there is sandy slope, gradually sloping to the east, which is divided by bigger and smaller mounds. This area is called Kökényfai-dülő or Ujréti-dűlő and from the north and the east it is bounded with the wide floodplain of a brook, called Kürtösi-patak. During our several field walkings in 1978 and after, on the slope and on the eastern area we observed a site with four more or less separated areas. In this paper we deal with the features and finds from area A and D of the Site. On area A we have excavated two Late Celtic semi-subterranean Forschungen zur jüngeren Laténekultur zwischen Schwarzwald und Nördlinger Ries. Forschungen und Berichte zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte in Baden-Württemberg 63, Stuttgart 1996. ZIRRA 1998 Zirra, V.V.: Die relative Chronologie des Grâberfeldes von Piscolt (Kr. Satu Mare, Rumânien). In: Miinsingen Rain, ein Markstein der keltischen Archâologie. Funde, Befunde, und Methoden im Vergleich. Schriften des Bernischen Histori-schen Museums 2, Bern 1998, 145-160. houses (features A/1 and A/2) and a pit (feature A/3). There was also a fourth feature: a waste pit, dated to the Late Bronze Age. At the south-eastern part of the Site (area B) we observed unspecific, dark blobs of some prehistoric features, and some features from the Migration Period. West from area В on a shallower area of the hill (area C) we have found several Late Bronze Age (Reinecke Bz. D - Hallstatt Al) cremation burials, disturbed by the plough and a Late Roman feature, also disturbed by the plough. We have excavated some burials and the Late Roman feature. From the latter the shreds of the unique jar decorated with horse figures came to the light (HORVÁTH 2005). On the eastern side of the top of the slope, directly next to the road (area D) we have excavated two Celtic burials. After a detailed study of the finds from the Site, we could state that the two burials from the cemetery and the features from the settlements are not contemporary with each other. Previously we thought that the cemetery of the small settlement by the waterfront could be on the top of the hill (HORVÁTH 1994, 107). However, the two burials from the cemetery are dated to the La Тепе С lb period (between the last third of 3

rd century ВС and the first third of the 2

nd century ВС). Today we do not have information about the size of the cemetery, and about the dating of any other possible burials within that cemetery. Within approximately 1200 meters to the direction of north-west we had A toy or an attribute? Celtic finds from Magyarszentmiklós (County Zala, Hungary)