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b) hut-like house with an earthen floor, covered with reed, wattle or eventually leather, c) house with a wattle and daub floor and raising earthen walls. The order of development of these types is expressed by their depth as well. The pit-dwelling represents the lowest layer of occupation, in the well protected central part of the settlement. Later the settlement extended towards the borders, consisting of houses with an earthen floor already. The most developped house with the earthen walls has appeared, according to our present knowledge, in the last phase of the settlement's existence, in the central portion. In its third period this widely extended culture entered into communication with the cultures of the Tisza region. According to the supposition of I. Bona, it is due to these contacts that the houses with smeared floors appeared in the more important settlements of the Vatya culture. In the second half of Vatya III the large movements of peoples exposed the culture to attacks, coming from various sides. The significance of the fortified settlements was enhanced now. At Aba-Beisőbáránd-Bolondvár there are no traces of destruction or of a fire devestating a considerable area. The uninterrupted sequence of the inhabited layers reveals the undisturbed life of one generation after the other. The attacks from outside demanded that people should remain together in one bloc, resulting in the increase of the number of the coimmunity. So the trend of inner development was determined by the social situation of the closed group, but its measures were influenced by factors coming form outside. In other words, the new form becoming known through territorial connections hastened the development of forms, demanded by the conditions inside the community, eventually even started by them. Our suppositions might be verified only through a more intensive investigation of the material uncovered in the settlement. The material at our disposal does not allow the extension of the outlined development of dwelling types о the other fortified settlements of the same period yet. T. Kovács 136