Gulyás Katalin et al. (szerk.): Tisicum - A Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Megyei Múzeumok Évkönyve 23. (Szolnok, 2014)

Régészet - Cseh János: Kora népvándorlás kori településhelyek Kengyel község nyugati peremén (Csalog Zsolt és a szerző munkálatai nyomán)

CSEH JÁNOS: KORA NÉPVÁNDORLÁS KORI TELEPÜLÉSHELYEK KENGYEL KÖZSÉG NYUGATI PEREMÉN (CSALOG ZSOLT ÉS A SZERZŐ MUNKÁLATAI NYOMÁN)

János Cseh

An early great migrations age settlement on the western edge of the village of Kengyel (Based upon the research carried out by Zsolt Csalgo and the author)

The author tries to present a Gepida settlement in the vicinity of Kengyel and its archaeological material, which formed part of one of his earlier publications. The significance of the place of occurrence (Csöbörérpart, clay mine and adobe-making place) lies in the fact that the first Gepida settlement (5th-6th century AD) came to light here in the mid-Tisza region along the high bank running along the western edge of the village. It was unearthed by Zsolt Csalog in 1959 and he marked it as “a” (1st house by the author if it really was that). It is half of an oval shaped object with corners, which is approximately as big as a house, which originally might have been 3 metres by 3 metres. Its depth from the surface was a considerable 175 cm. The author has visited the location several times, and he was able to identify (with some other uncertain observations) an other smaller trace of a settlement and thickening finds approximately 200-250 metres away from the above mentioned location (location B). An outstanding finding was an ornamented bronze needle that can be dated back to the last decades of the existence of the Gepida Kingdom. Next to the ceramics, a whetstone is worth mentioning. Among the wheeled pottery, next to one single stamped and several levelled fragments (mugs for table use, and slender cups) there is a fragment which might have been a pouring pipe. In the findings of grainy ceramics next to pieces of jugs with handles, bottles, and granaries, there are several pieces of cups and bowls with wavy ornaments. The shape of the crude hand-made ceramics alludes to the assumption that the two parts of settlement can be dated back to the middle of the 6th century AD. Altogether the author gives and account of a rather strikingly marked set of findings that are easy to date. Maybe not the most important, but certainly a rather significant Gepida place of occurrence has been published now.

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