A Békés Megyei Múzeumok Közleményei 20. - Száz éve alakult a Békéscsabai Múzeum-Egyesület (Békéscsaba, 1999)

Bondár Mária: A Copper Age and an Early Bronze Age settlement at Gyomaendrőd

Rézkori és kora bronzkori településmaradvány Gyomaendrődön A Copper Age and an Early Bronze Age settlement at Gyomaendröd - Mária Bondár Résumé In 1991, in the scope of his microregional researches in Békés county, Dénes В. Jankovich led a sonde excavation in Endrőd (today: Gyomaendröd). The study made by D. B. Jankovich (it is in the press now) deals with the description and photo documentation of the archeological objects. In this work the author deals with the Late Copper Age and the Early Bronze Age findings which were found at the above mentioned excavation. On the excavated 700 m large area only a few closed objects (three Late Copper Age and one Early Bronze Age settlement features) came to the surface. They only managed to define an other settlement from the Proto-Boleráz horizon after the characteristic pot types. The Early Bronze Age pot fragments are parts of the Makó Culture. An interesting feature of the material is the secondary burnt vessel (fig. 9. 1) and some similar fragments (fig. 3. 7, fig. 7. 8), which were found in pit No. 6. The excavational observations did not mention any burnt layers, so we cannot speak of a fire that affected the whole settlement. Another interesting find is a fragment of what is called a fermenting vessel with knots inside (fig. 9. 2). In the recent decades the number of sites from the Late Copper Age and the Early Bronze Age has been increasing in Southeast Hungary. As a result, a settlement pattern of these cultures can be drawn step by step. So we can get a clearer picture of the settlement history and cultural connections of a smaller region. (Translated by Attila Ködmön) Bondár Mária MTA Régészeti Intézete 1250 Budapest Úri u. 49. 55