Gyöngyössy Márton (szerk.): Perspectives on the Past. Major Excavations in County Pest (Szentendre, 2008)

A settlement from the early 5th century between Biatorbágy and Páty

(8th/7th century BC- late 1 st century AD)

(1301-1526/1686)

Double-sided comb Pair of polyhedral earrings Jug fragments with smoother-in decoration

Coarse household pottery (pot and jug with collared rim)

The roughly 50 features uncovered by Tamás Repiszky beside the Füzes Stream on the boundary between Biatorbágy and Páty during the excavations preceding the construction of a housing estate in 2002 yielded a mixed assemblage of late Roman finds of the 4th century and typical articles of the 5th century. In addition to surviving Roman types, such as onion headed brooches, vessels with moulded rim, glazed wares and coins, the finds included costume articles and pottery types, whose use became widespread during the earlier 5th century (pottery with smoothed-in decoration, jugs with a collared rim, biconical bowls, coarse pots, polyhedral earrings, bone combs). The finds were recovered from sunken houses with an oven, and various storage and refuse pits. One pit contained several carelessly thrown in skeletons. The layout of the settlement could not be reconstructed since it was overlain by an Árpádian Age village.

• Katalin Ottományi

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