Zalai Múzeum 6. (Zalaegerszeg, 1996)

Közlemények - Gyulai Ferenc: Balatonmagyaród–Hídvégpuszta késő bronzkori település növényleletei és élelmiszermaradványai

Balatonmagyaród-Hídvégpuszta késő bronzkori település növényleletei és élelmiszermaradványai 185 Plant findings and food remnants of the Late Bronze Age settlement at Balatonmagyaród-Hídvégpuszta The organic vestiges from the refuse pit of the Late Bronze Age Tumulus Culture, found at Balatonmagyaród-Hídvégpuszta, are identified as food remnants: pea (Pisum sativum), bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia). grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) seeds, and common millet (Panicum miliaceum) mushclods. These botanical findings refer to a high-level vegetable growing culture. The seeds of leguminous plants were found in large quantities. Millet also played an important role in nourishment. In this case a pit containing food remnants was excavated and therefore it isn't surprising that the grains of cereals are missing. A vegetable growing culture of this high-level could evolve only beside a well developed field growing of plants. I.

Takács archeozoologist (Hungarian Agricultural Museum) identified among the finds several bones (fishes, birds of smaller size) with the trace of roasting. The archeobotanic investigations (the macroscopic studies and the microscopic evaluations by M.Wáhren and B.Richter 1989; the instrumental analytic analyses - the identification of macro and micro elements, amino and fatty acids - by the Central Laboratory of the Faculty of Animal Breeding at the Pannon Agricultural University of Kaposvár 1989/90) led to the final conclusion that the remnants contained also the remains of a strawberry cake prepared from wheat and mill flour of modern industrial quality and from hog-fat. These food remnants got as garbage nearly at the same time or maybe together into the refuse pit. Probably these got burnt already in the pan or were burnt in another way together with other objects. Translated by Kvassay Judit