According to the foundation's announcement sent to MTI on Friday, the 2024 season of the large-scale, multi-year research program began on the first weekend of March with volunteers from the MNM NRI's Community Archeology Division, which also led to the discovery. From a populated site.
While excavating finds and sites using metal detectors, we found spears, arrowheads, and a distinctive level dating back to the time of the conquest.
Based on these results, it can be assumed that the studied area may also hide a cemetery from the time of the conquest, and the institute will launch further research to confirm this.
They added: Based on the evaluation of the finds, the area was inhabited from the Bronze Age to the Imperial Age during the period of conquest and also in the Middle Ages. According to their hopes, the excavations and agriculture of later eras did not completely destroy the memories hidden here, although it seems that mineral finds extracted from the plowed layer have been disturbed.
The project started two years ago
It is recalled that the small regional research project of Lake Tisza began in March 2022, and its purpose is to obtain a more precise understanding of the Árpád network, the network of medieval settlements and trade relations through the study of archaeological sites and built heritage monuments in the region. Administrative regions of Abádszalók, Tiszaderzs, Tiszaszentimre, Tomajmonostora and Kunhegyes.
The research is carried out with a multi-layered methodology, in which both elements of archaeological and heritage protection are included: within this framework, the first phase of archaeological excavation in the limits of Tomagmo Nestura was carried out last fall, which confirmed the existence of the former Benedictine monastery based on field visits and previous geophysical measurements, Which will continue this year as well.
The topographic research of the National Archaeological Institute is carried out at the national level. The aim of the work, which uses the results of several scientific and investment projects, is to build the most complete database of archaeological terrain in Hungary in order to calculate and protect national values, the announcement stated.
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