Mesterházy Károly (szerk.): AZ 1997. ÉV RÉGÉSZETI KUTATÁSAI / Régészeti Füzetek I/51. (Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum Budapest, 2001)

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We could collect surface finds in the length of 400 m north and south of the excavated territories, so the settlement must have occupied an area of 8-10 ha

4. The settlement structure was composed of long houses with post structures of approximately identical measurements delineated by post holes, and of clay pits and deep, regular round storage pits between them. Regrettably, none of the houses was entirely overlapped by the excavated area, but the NW-SE orientation of the post rows was more-orless consequent. Closed pits, suitable for evaluation were found only in the northern trench. As we could observe, the settlement traces and the pottery finds appeared denser here, but we could not unearth a larger surface because of the laying of the pipes. Pottery finds: The large number find material has not yet been restored, so we can present only a representative sample after a preliminary choice from the fragments that were found in separate, closed pits, and which may help a more precise dating within the Linear Pottery period. The leading types of the fine ceramics are the small or medium large, thin-walled globular cups, the bowls with straight or slightly flaring walls and thinned rims. They are light grey, yellow or reddish, their raw material was usually tempered with sand, sometimes with small pebble grains. Broad, deeply grooved lines running horizontally or slanting under the rim (Pl. I. 1,4, 7) and a thinly incised variety of the above (Pl. I. 9, 14, 19) can be found among the linear patterns incised on the surfaces. According to the recent results of the research, this type of ornament is characteristic of the Keszthely group of the TLP, its analogues can be found among the finds of Kustánszeg (Kalicz 1991. Abb. 7/15; 17) and Mencshely - Murvagödrök (Regenye 1991. PI. I. 1, 4; Pl. II. 6). The note-head motives were applied on the lines (Pl. I. 6), on the terminals of arched lines (Pl. II. 1) or at the breaking points (Pl. I. 8), and also between lines (Pl. 1.12). This ornamental method dominates on the majority of the ornamented pottery although the bands broken by vertical grooves (Pl. II. 2) or simple grooved line patterns are also frequent. The presented fragments are known from the middle stage of the note-head phase of the TLP from Slovakian sites (Veiké Kostolány: Pavúk 1969 Abb. 3/13; Sturovo: Pavúk 1994. Fig. 7. 20) through North-Hungarian sites (Pilismarót-Szobi rév: Losits 1979. Fig. 3. 1; Fig. 6. 5; 13., Győr-Pápai vám: Mithay 1966. Pl. VI. 4; Győrszemere-Tóth tag: Rezi Kató 1993 Fig. 7. 6; Fig. 12. 4) to the Central Transdanubian areas (Sukoró-Tóra-dülő, Sárkeresztes-Pékmalomdomb: Makkay 1970. Fig. 10, Kúp-Egyes: GläserRegenye 1989. Pl. II. 1-6). The elongated cross-cutting of the linear pattern can be observed on several fragments, which, according to Pavúk's periodization, can be affiliated to the early Zseliz phase (Pavúk 1969. 317-325). The small globular vessel from feature 400

5 was also ornamented with a grooved band pattern (PI. 2. 2), and the fragment of the globular cup with note-head ornament (PI. 2. 1), which is a close analogue to the cup found in grave 59 of the Nitra cemetery (Pavúk 1972. Abb. 28. 10), came from the same pit. Fig. 1. Kóny - Gas pipeline. Feature 400 during excavation 9