Accession No

1928.164 A


Description

Round stone with flattened base and top; used as grinding stone, possibly for agricultural purposes.


Place

Europe; Eastern Europe; Hungary; Tószeg


Period

Early Bronze Age Middle Fuzesabony


Source

National Museum of Hungary [donor]; Tompa, Ferenc [excavator]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1928.164 A; TS34 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Sandstone


Local Term


Measurements

70mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Round stone with flattened base and top. Function: grinding stone, evidence of agriculture.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Related Documents)
See photograph of object on catalogue card, no. TS34 in top right hand corner of card 52.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked 'TOSZEG 34/ STRATUM II/ 28.164 A'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (Field collection)
Stratum II. Joint excavation by Ferenc Tompa, National Museum of Hungary and Louis C.G. Clarke, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1927. See archive (LL1/4/1 – LL1/4/3) for correspondence, notes, drawings, etc.
Event Date 1927
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
Childe, V. Gordon. (1927). ‘A Bronze Age Village in Hungary: A Thousand Years of Prehistory’. The Illustrated London News, 24 September 1927, p. 498.
Event Date 1927
Author: Jodi Zhang


Context (References)
Schalk, Emily. (1981). ‘Die Frühbronzezeitliche Tellsiedlung bei Tószeg, Ostungarn, mit Fundmaterial aus der sammlung Groningen (Niederlande) und Cambridge (Grossbritannien)’. Dacia, vol. 25. pp. 63–129.
Event Date 1981
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (Analysis)
Petrological analysis by Dr. C. Forbes in January 1984 identified the material as sandstone.
Event Date 1/1984
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
Leighton, Mary and Stig Sorensen, Marie Louise. (2004). 'Breathing Life into the Archives: Reflections Upon Decontextualization and the Curatorial History of V.G. Childe and the Material from Toszeg'. European Journal of Archaeology, vol. 7. pp. 41-60.
Event Date 2004
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Round stone with flattened base and top; used as grinding stone, possibly for agricultural purposes.
Event Date 7/5/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:50373

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