Zalai Múzeum 15. Horváth László 60 éves (Zalaegerszeg, 2006)

Mitja Guštin: Between the Slavs and the Madyars

Between the Slavs and the Madyars 251 lement at Felsőzsolca-Várdomb (House 1) (TAKÁCS 2003, Taf. 6.2). To present the site of Zatak, we chose a characteristic ground-plan with a specific position of two hearths together with the contents of two pits (Fig. 3) as well as the characteristic wheel-thrown pottery with incisions and roulette decoration from Pits 32 and 522 with the coin of Albrecht I (12821298). The house as well as the pottery illustrate well the specific material culture of the inhabitants in the area and date the above-mentioned remains to the late period of the Árpád dynasty (895-1301). Archaeological research has also been conducted on the other side of the border, in Hungary, also on the route of the future highway. In the area between Nagykanizsa and Tornyiszentmiklós, the research yielded material that binds this area and a wider area of the Ledava/Lendva basin into a relatively clearly recognizable settlement pattern. The pottery uncovered in the area enables the identification of a formally and decoratively related and contemporary material culture in this area (KVASSAY 2003; 2004). At the same time, there are numerous churches preserved or CIGLENECKI 2000 Ciglenecki S.: Tinje nad Loko pri Zusmu, Opera instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 4, Ljubljana 2000. GRAFENAUER 1988 Grafenauer В.: Pavel Diakon (Paulus Diakónus), Zgodovina Langobardov, Maribor 1988. GUSTIN 2002 Gustin M.(ed.): Zgodnji Slovani. Zgodnjesrednjeveska loncenina na obrobju Vzhodnih Alp/Friihmittelalterliche Keramik am rand der Ostalpen, Narodni muzej Slovenije, Ljubljana 2002. GUSTIN 2004 Gustin M.: Zacetki slovanskega naseljevanja na Slovenskem, Casopis za zgodovino in narodopisje 75/40 (2004) 2-3, 253-265. GUSTIN 2005 Gustin M.: Zgodovina kot politicna manipulacija. Stiplovskov zbornik. História 10, Ljubljana 2005, 30-31, si. 2-3. KERMAN 1997a Kerman В.: Zlata doba slovanstva v Spodnji Panoniji. Arheologija zgodnjega srednjega veka v Prekmurju, Katalog stalne razstave (J. Balazic, B. Kerman, eds.), Murska Sobota 1997, 37^4. identified along the Zala river, just as in the hinterland of Lendava. The beginnings of some of them are dated to the time of the Árpádian period (VALTER 2005). The above-mentioned series of settlements from the surroundings of Lendava offers good data for understanding the genesis of the area and speaks, through material evidence of settlement structures and portable material (Figs. 2-3), of the relationship between the settlement and the landscape that later became a constituent part of the Hungarian border and defence zone, called „gyepű elve" in the Hungarian language (KERMAN 1997a, 1997b). This settlement pattern can be particularly well observed in the site of Gornje njive near Dolga vas. The excavations there, conducted by Branko Kerman in the spring of 2006, have uncovered a compact settlement, which corresponds chronologically to the construction of the near-by castle at Lendava (Lindva), owned by the Hahold, later Bánffy, family (STOPÁR 1997) as well as the development of the market-town (Alsólindva) beneath the castle in the 14

th century (ZELKO 1982). KERMAN 1997b Srednji in növi vek v Prekmurju v luci arheoloskih najdb. Pokrajinski muzej Murska Sobota. Katalog stalne razstave (J. Balazic, B. Kerman, eds.), Murska Sobota 1997, 45-54. KVASSAY 2003 Kvassay J., Árpád-Kori leletek Nagykanizsa - Billa lelőhelyen. ZalMúz 12 (2003) 143-153. KVASSAY 2004 Kvassay J.: Árpád-kori településnyomok Letenye vidékén. ZalMúz 12 (2003) 244-261. MOTORWAY 2004 Preseren D. (ed.): The Earth Beneath Your Feet Archeology on the Motorways in Slovenia. Guide to Sites, Ljubljana 2004. BITENC-KNIFIC 2001 Bitenc P. - Knific T. (éd.): Od Rimljanov do Slovanov, Narodni muzej Slovenije, Ljubljana 2001. STOPÁR 1997 Stopár I.: Grajske stavbe v Prekmurju. Pokrajinski muzej Murska Sobota. Katalog stalne razstave (J. Balazic, B. Kerman, eds.), Murska Sobota 1997, 114-115. Literature: