Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 30/1. (2010)
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THE EARLY MEDIEVAL POTTERY FROM SÄNGEORGIU DE MURE§-ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY (MURE§ COUNTY) Keve László Mure? County Museum, Tärgu Mure? Keywords: early medieval pottery, early Arpadian epoch, forms, ornaments, techniques This study regards the early medieval pottery found in the rescue excavation from the Roman Catholic Graveyard from Sángeorgiu de Mure? (Pl. 1 /1) carried out in October-November 2007 and August 2009 by archaeologists from the Mure? County Museum.1 The existence of this material is not a surprise, though this is a new topographical point on the discoveries’ map. Similar findings are known so far in the proximity: Cäpälna2 (Hu. Máriaffy kápolna), Sub Ghera3 (Hu. Gyéra alja), Cimitir, the cemetery from around the church4 (Hu. Temető) and Dealul Bunii5 (Hu. Buna hegy). The site is situated east of the locality, on the right side of DN 15 (national road, Tärgu Mure?-Reghin-Piatra Neamt), on a superior terrace of the Mure? river, accessible via the Graveyard street (PL 1/2). In the 2007 campaign, 6 sections and 4 trenches were opened, and in the following one 4 sections and 2 trenches made up the researched area (PI. 1/3). The early medieval material consists mainly of pottery. Most of the fragments analyzed were collected from complex Gl, which occurred in the north-western corner of Cl (PI. 1/4), and the rest of the findings belonged to the vegetation level previously affected by the agricultural works, from S1+, S2 and C3. To these we can add the 3 fragments that came from the vegetation layer from S5. The pottery is typical for the contemporary settlements, but it is highly fragmentary. This is why the information regarding the type of modelling, the decoration, the shape and the size is incomplete. To this deficiency of data we can add the fact that out of the 22 fragments analyzed, only 13 are part of an archaeological complex and the methods used in the research process are traditional ones. The majority of the pottery fragments were slow-turning wheel thrown, excepting two fragments (PI. 2/5; 4/3), which were most probably fast-turning wheel thrown. The clay used was relatively well sifted, as required in the case of slow-turning wheel pottery. 1 In 2007 the research was led by Sándor Berecki and the author of the present paper. 2 Székely 1959, 187-189; Zrínyi 1976, 147; Lazär-Opri? 1989, 91; Lázár 1995, 212-213. 3 Székely 1959, 187-189; Zrínyi 1976, 147; Lazár-Opri? 1989, 91; Lazár 1995, 212. 4 Zrínyi 1976, 146; Lazár-Opri? 1989, 91; Lazár 1995, 213. 5 Lazár-Opri? 1989, 97; Lazár 1995, 211. MARISIA XXX, p. 159-169
