Viola T. Dobosi: Paleolithic Man in the Által-ér Valley (Tata, 1999)

The settlement of the Tata mammoth-hunters is the oldest human habitation site known from Hungary and due to the conditions of settlement, it is an unparalleled find all over the World. " Following the few decades after the excavations, the finds of the Tata Porhanyó-quarry were often quoted in the archaeological, geological, palaeontological technical literature. In the spring of 1958, László Vértes restarted the excavations of the site, in the way described in the chapter delineating the biography of István Skoflek. The site is located in the thick calcareous tuff under the Tata secondary school. In the side of the ditch encircling the sports grounds, an aperture of 60-80 cm can be observed in horizontal position. This cavelike appearance, however, is only a semblance because the bottom of the ditch used to be the walking level of the former stone quarry. The yard of the quarry, neglected and used for the accumulation of communal 51 Fig. 28. Excavation of Tata-Porhanyóbánya (archive photo)