An Enigmatic Funnel Find of the Somogyvár-Vinkovci Culture from Balatonőszöd-Temetői dűlő in Transdanubia, Hungary

Abstract

A small section of an Early Bronze Age settlement made up of pits was uncovered at the prehistoric, multi-period site of Balatonőszöd-Temetői dűlő. In addition to ceramics of the Somogyvár-Vinkovci culture, the finds from Pit 2563 included an enigmatic artefact of baked clay. Despite the fact that analogous archaeological finds and various archaeometric analyses have provided several clues for a conclusive determination of its function, comparable finds nonetheless suggest that it might in all probability be associated with dairying or metalworking.

Following the traces of the earliest Corded Ware in Moravia and steppe elements in its content

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