M. Járó - L. Költő szerk.: Archaeometrical research in Hungary (Budapest, 1988)

Analysis - BALLA Márta, BÉRCZI János, KEÖMLEY Gábor, ROSNER Gyula, GABLER Dénes: Provenance studies of ceramics by neutron actiwtion analysis

1 if" ITHV 27 34 28 35 29 36 31 33 32 30 89 65 75 78 76 74 79 88 77 87 66 Fig. 4 Dendrogram of sherds from Rheinzabern and from Westerndorf-Pfaffenhofen Avar ceramics In the first step, examination of the two potting-workshops uncovered in the Avar village by the Szekszárd-Bogyiszló road was carried out. The separation of the two workshops with the help of neutron activation analysis is an accomplishment of great importance considering that they were working at the same time, at a small distance from each other geographycally, and producing potteries of the same type and technique (Fig. 5). After the analytical definition of the workshops we analysed the 19 pots found in the Avar cemetery by the Szekszárd-Bogyiszló road and attempted to answer the question by similarity analysis whether the sherds found in the graves were produced in the workshops of the village or not. The studies definitely showed that the dead lying in the cemetery were the inhabitants of the settlement, most of the ceramics found in the cemetery were from the workshops of the settlement. Only with regard to pots from graves Nos. 353 and 139 can it be stated with complete certainty that they were not produced in these manufactures

. Sample 21 grave 230 workshop I (III is not excluded) sample 22 grave 446 workshop I (III is not excluded) sample 23 grave 102 workshop II sample 24 grave 45 workshop I sample 25 grave 398 workshop I sample 26 grave 16 workshop I sample 27 grave 665 workshop II sample 28 grave 229 workshop I sample 29 grave 353 (it was not produced in these workshops) sample 30 grave 139 (it was not produced in these workshops) sample 31 grave 87 workshop I sample 32 grave 73 workshop I sample 33 grave 327 workshop I sample 34 grave 356 workshop I sample 35 grave 354 workshop I