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

Irena Šavel: The Excavation Site „Behind Raščica near Krog” the Settlement of the Somogyvár–Vinkovci Culture

The Excavation Site „Behind Rascica near Krog" — the Settlement of the Somogyvár-Vinkovci Culture 141 (Ptuj castle) as belonging to the Somogyvár-Vinkovci culture. However, the material from Ptuj ski grad (Ptuj castle) was compared to the Hungarian sites that belong to the older phase of the Somogyvár-Vinkovci culture, while the finds of Presernova were compared to the sites that belong to the younger phase of the Somogyvár-Vinkovci culture. Mária Bondár (1995, 229, 237) places the settlement at Börzönce in the Early Bronze Age Somogyvár-Vinkovci culture, i.e. the culture that followed Vucedol C. Finds demonstrate connections with Vinkovci Al and also with the Glina III-Schneckenberg, Cotofeni, Gyula-Rosia, Belotic-Bela Crkva, Ljubljana and Proto-Nagyrév cultures. It was also emphasized that there is still no consensus as to where to draw the chronological line between the Late Copper and Early Bronze Age. The charcoal samples from various structures of Near Rascica settlement enabled radio-carbon dating. The process was carried out at Ruder Boskovic Institute, Laboratory for physical chemistry of traces. Thus we have at our disposal radio-carbon dates of charcoal taken from the water reservoir (no. 325, 324, 357, 360, 361 from sec. Ill, qu. 35) that dates to 3777±89 BP (2340 cal. ВС (54%) 2110 ВС) and from BANDI 1981 Bandi, G.: Über die Entstehung der friihbronzezeitlichen Zivilisation von Transdanubien.- V: Die frühbronzezeit im Karpatenbecken und in den nachbargebieten - internationales symposium 1977, Budapest - Velem. BONA 1963-1964 Bona, I.: The peoples of southern origin of the Early Bronze Age in Hungary I—II. - Alba Regia 3-4, 17-63. BONDÁR 1995 Bondár, M.: Early Bronze Age settlement patterns in south-west Transdanubia. - Antaeus 22, 197-269. BONDÁR 2001 Bondár, M.: Adatok a Délnyugat-Dunátúl kora bronzkori kutatási problémáihoz. - Zalai Múzeum 10, 67-79. BONDÁR 2003 Bondár, M.: Frühbronzezeitliche Siedlung von Nagykanizsa-Inkey Kapelle. - Zalai Múzeum 12, 49-78. DIMITRIJEVIC 1979 Dimitrijevic, S.: Vucedolska kultúra i vucedolski feature no. 539-540 (sec. I, qu. 1) that dates to 3710±75 BP (2210 cal. ВС (62.3%) 2010). It can therefore be concluded that Behind Rascica settlement belongs to the 2

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th century ВС and is hence somewhat younger than the one found at Zaloznica but contemporaneous with the Vinkovci culture from Croatia (VELUSCEK 2003, 128, 133). Behind Rascica is the first known archaeological site from the beginning of the Bronze Age in Prekmurje and as such completes the settlement area of the Somogyvár-Vinkovci culture in the southwestern edge of the Carpathian valley where so far 26 sites have been found, none of which (with the exception of Börzönce) have been systematically explored as of yet (BONDÁR 2001, 71, Pict. 3). The extensive, horizontal Early Bronze Age settlement at Behind Rascica was not fully examined during the excavations because our work was restricted to the area designated to the Vucja vas Beltinci motorway. Consequently this contribution is limited to provide preliminary results (the material has not been fully assessed) and was initially the result of a long-term wish to get acquainted with the Early Bronze Age settlement of Prekmurje. kulturni kompleks. - V: Praistorija jugoslavenskih zemalja 3,267-341. GARASANIN 1983 Garasanin, M.: Vinkovacka grupa. - V: Praistorija jugoslavenskih zemalja 4, 471—475. KALICZ-SCHREIBER 1986 Kalicz - Schreiber, R.: Die àlteste Bronzezeit in Nordwestungarn und ihre Beziehungen. - Praehistorica 15, 249-259. KALICZ-SCHREIBER 1998-1999 Kalicz - Schreiber, R.: Die Somogyvár-Vinkovci Kultur und die Glockenbecher in der Frühen-bronzezeit von Budapest. - Savaria 24/3, 83-114. KOROSEC 1975 Korosec, P.: Eneolitik Slovenije. - Arheoloski vestnik 24, 167-216. KULCSÁR 1998-1999 Kulcsár, G.: The Early Bronze Age internally decorated bowls from the Transdanubia. - Savaria 24/3, 115-139. Notes: Lep-coat made of burnt clay. Literature: