EARLY BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT IN THE VICINITY OF SOTTO

In 2018 the Archaeological Institute of the Eotvos Lorand University and the Archaeological Heritage Protection Directorate of the Hungarian National Museum carried out excavations at Siitto-Sancfifoldek (North Transdanubia, Hungary) within the framework of the Interreg DTP Iron Danube Project. The site is located near to the prehistoric multiperiod fortified settlement of Siitto-Nagysancteto and it has already been known of two Early Iron Age cemeteries. Recent fieldwork has unearthed an Early Bronze Age feature, among others, which provided evidence of EBA settlement on the site. Although previous research by Eva Vadasz and Gabor Vekony also discovered some EBA material from the area in the 1980's, that has remained unmentioned and unpublished. This paper presents the EBA findings of Sutto-SancRildek and three other contemporary sites (Sutto-Tatai uti &Ho II, Labatlan-Hossztifoldek, Labatlan-Rozsa F. utca) in the region, which were found in the second half of the 20th century. The data provided here outline a dense network of EBA sites around Sutto, which consists of a possible fortified settlement, three open settlements and a burial ground. The findings represent the material culture of the Mako-Kosihytaka complex in North Transdanubia, but connections to South Transdanubia and to the pottery traditions of the Moravian Corded Ware culture can also be detected.