A Herman Ottó Múzeum évkönyve 49. (2010)

Csengeri Piroska: A szakáiháti kultúra települései Mezökövesd-Nagy-fertőn és Mezőkövesd-Meleg-oldalban. Előzetes jelentés

Positioned between the culture's early and late phase, the classical Szakáihát phase has not been analysed in detail yet. In their 1977 monograph, Nándor Kalicz and János Makkay drew the northern boundary of the Szakáihát distribution along the Füzesabony-Tiszafüred line (Kalicz-Makkay 1977, 84). They mention two uncertain settlement sites, Tard and Bogács-Pazsagpuszta, from County BorsodAbaúj-Zemplén north of this line (Kalicz-Makkay 1977, Tabelle 3). Finds of the Szakáihát culture have been brought to light on a few sites identified during the past three decades in the county. The Szakáihát finds discovered at Felsővadász in the Cserehát region (Csengeri 2001a, 98-99 and PI. VII. 1-4; 2004, 51 and Fig. 19. 1-4) and at Encs-Kelecsény in the Hernád Valley (Wolf-Simán 1984) may have reached the sites in question through the exchange of various raw materials. The finds from two other sites, Nyékládháza-Gravel pit III (Koós 1985) and Bükkábrány-Kőkuti-dülö 2 (Eva Selján's personal communication) have not been evaluated in full, and thus the context of the Szakáihát finds from these sites is not known. At present, the Mezökövesd-Nagy-fertő site represents the most extensive settlement investigated in County Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén. The Mezőkövesd-Meleg-oldal site too represents a fairly large settlement. Both sites lie slightly north of the Füzesabony-Tiszafüred line. One important task in the research on the settlements of the Szakáihát culture is the re- examination of the fine wares from the sites in County Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén formerly assigned to the Szilmeg group. Despite the few finds, it seems to me that Bogács-Pazsagpuszta and Sály can be assigned to the Szakáihát culture, while the Bükkaranyos-Földvár site to the Bükk culture (the cultural attribution of the other sites is uncertain owing to the lack of fine wares). In the light of the above, it is possible that various Szakáihát groups advanced northward along the foothills of the Bükk Mountains, reaching the area of Bogács, Tard and Sály, and possibly even as far as the Bükkábrány and Nyékládháza area (Fig. 11). Piroska Csengeri 33