A Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve, 1982/83-1. (Szeged, 1985)

Régészet - Hegedűs Katalin: The Settlement of the Neolithic Szakálhát-Group at Csanytelek–Újhalastó

The grave pits were rectangular with rounded corners. Funerary gifts were mostly lacking. The deceased were usually oriented SE

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NW with an occasional S

—N orientation, similarly to the prevailing custom of the earlier groups of the Alföld Linear Pottery culture and the groups contemporary with the Szakáihát group. If we add to these burials the graves uncovered at Csanytelek (6 graves), Csongrád—Bokrospuszta (9 graves) and Vésztő—Mágor (1 grave) excavated by the author, the material suitable for comparative analyses is considerably increased. It should also be mentioned that there would be a potentially greater number of Szakáihát graves if the burials of the Szakáihát group which could be linked to Szakáihát layers underlying certain tell settlements of the Tisza culture could be distinguished from those of the latter.

44 The establishment of the precise chronology of the Fig. 6. Grave 1 44 We shall only mention Szegvár—Tűzköves here. The excavations conducted by J. Csalog and J. Korek yielded 65 graves. A further 8 graves were unearthed by the author in 1978. See Korek J., A tiszai kultúra (The Tisza culture). Candidate dissertation. Budapest (1974). 22