11th-century notch marks from the outskirts of Sarkadkeresztúr

Szerző

Pál Medgyesi

Cím

11th-century notch marks from the outskirts of Sarkadkeresztúr

Hivatkozás

DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.53644/MKI.OAW.2022.79

Absztrakt

Between 1989 and 1991, we excavated the graves of an 11thcentury cemetery on the outskirts of Sarkadkeresztúr (on the Csapháti-legelő, next to the Barna farm). In this paper, I discuss the finds of Grave 81, where horse equipment and weapons were found. The bow found here has notch marks on the right side of the upper bow end bone. At first sight, the cemetery can be classified as one of the 10th–11th-century cemeteries, but – based on the thorough examination of the finds – it can be assumed that burials only started here in the 11th century. Thus, the notch-marked bow end bone found here may have been placed in the grave around the mid-11th century.

Kulcsszavak

Sarkadkeresztúr settlement, grave find, bow bones, notch marks, 11th century.