Plasticky zdobená mazanica z doby bronzovej z Tornale

• Authors: Ďuricová Marta

Title variants

EN

Plastically decorated Bronze Age daub from Tornaľa

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The find of a plastically decorated daub from Tornaľa has been known in the literature since the 1960s. However, despite its significance, the published mentions lack the basic data and thus relevant information not only about the heterogeneity of the find, but also about its quantity and further fundamental qualitative characteristics. The aim of the paper is therefore to process and fully evaluate the find in the context of similar artefacts coming mostly from the territory of Slovakia. In general, the find from Tornaľa represents a larger typologically diverse set of decorated and undecorated daub fragments, which comes from the destruction of a building with a wood frame construction. Within the shapes, the occurrence of various tip-shaped formations dominates. Regarding the decoration, a plastic relief in the form of ribs and protrusions appear most frequently, however, a spiral motif has also been used. Based on the pottery accompanying the set of artefacts in question, the whole find can be dated back to the first half of the Middle Bronze Age, represented by the BB1–BB2 (BC1) phases. In south-central Slovakia this dating corresponds with the early stage of the Piliny culture. The findings achieved in the article complement and expand the knowledge about the currently still little explored phenomenon concerning the wall relief decoration of the buildings in the Bronze Age.

Keywords

EN

Slovakia; Tornaľa; Bronze age; Piliny culture; Settlements; Plastically Decorated Daub

• Publisher: Slovak National Museum – Archaeological Museum
• Journal: Zborník Slovenského národného múzea Archeológia
• Year: 2024
• Issue: 118
• Pages: 139-166

Contributors

author

Ďuricová Marta

• Stredoslovenské múzeum, Námestie SNP 3755/4A, 974 01 Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

DOI

10.55015/AOYF4874