Folia archeologica 47.

István Vörös: A Denevér úti kovabánya agancsleletei (Budapest-Farkasrét)

ANTLER FINDS IN THE. FLINT MINE 95 of tines (Fl.-172., 1.: 270 mm; F2.-36., 1.: 275 mm; Fig. 11. 1) On three trez tines (F3.-102., 1.: 150 mm; Sz. 14. 1.: 340 mm; 317. 1-: 300 mm) and on a crown tine the working surface is the kerf of the tine basis. 4. "Chisels

" Among the "banana-shaped" main tines there is a brow (Fl.-120) the prong ofwhich is naturally worn while the prongs of a brow (Fl.-145.), of a bez tine (F2.36.) and of a bez tine (F3.-141.) are carved. The prongs of a tray (Fl.-41.) and those of two bez tines (F3.-39, 51.) are polished to form a "chisel-like" end. The function of tines with carved ends is unknown and actually the cause of carving them is not known either, since carving resulted in a shape of the end identical with the natural form of the prong. Tines with unilateral or bilateral chisel-ends cannot be regarded as minig tools. Had they been expanding, scraping tools or wedges during their use as a tool the "chisel edge" should have worn out, but neither the edge nor the margin of the polished surface had damaged. No other traces of use can be identified on the antlers of the Denevér street flint mine. Typical "minig tools", e.g. pick, expanding tools, levers, wedges are actually absent in the Denevér street flint mine ? at least in its part excavated so far. And it is noteworthy even if we are aware of the fact that in the Denevér street there was an open-air minig field where it was not necessary to deepen shafts or galleries and there was no need for extracting flit pieces from a hard rock: it was quite easy to pick them out from the porous weathered dolomite. The large-sized, strong maul (Fig. 11. 1.-2) was used most probably to break the flint nodules into fragments against the hammerstones. The antler hammer (Fig. 11.9) and other hammering tools made of the upper part of the antler (Fig. 11. 6.-7) and of tines probably used to crush the nodules further. 5. The roe deer antlers of the flint mine In the bone assemblage there are 10 roe deer antlers, four of them were found in the upper A. and 6 of them in the middle В level. Their topographic distribution is on Fig. 12. Roe deer antler with skull - 2 pieces: a left side juvenile antler (B/77.) with part of the frontal wall: the brow starts high, small (1.: 17 mm) the posterior tine had not been developed yet. The length of the antler is 170 mm, the circumference of the pedicle is 52 mm, that of the rose is 103 mm, of the beam is 55 mm. A left side mature antler (B/Sc.f.) with the fragment of the pedicle: the brow starts low its lenght is 25 mm, the posterior tine is damaged, the circumference of the beam is 78 mm. Cast roe deer antler - 4 pieces: a left side juvenile antler (A/14.): the upper part of the beam is damaged, absent, the beam had broken into two parts. The tray starts high, its length is 54 mm. The circumference of the beam is 53 mm, that of the burr is 105 mm; a right side juvenile antler (B/152.): length 210 mm, the tray starts high, its length 50 mm. The circumference of the beam is 60 mm, that of the burr is 127 mm; a right side beam fragment (B/24.): the length of the fragment is 60 mm, the circumference of the beam is 65 mm. The burr is carved off around: a right side pathological antler (A/124.): from the short beam (1.: 62 mm) the brow (1.: 100 mm) forks backward. The distance between the prongs is 110 mm. On the outer side of the beam there is an process of tine (1.: 23 mm). The circumference of the beam is 70 mm, that of the burr is 130 mm. Among the fragments there are 2 right side beams (B/19., A/52.) and the upper ends of twojuvenile antlers (B/19., A/177.).