Knives, scissors and a sickle from the coast of the Danube in Budapest

Abstract

In the first half of 2017, the Budapest History Museum was able to make an excavation in the inner part of Budapest, in Molnár Street, due to the construction of a new hotel. The area located in the medieval city of Pest was once the direct waterfront of the Danube, based on the observed stratum relations. Owing to the fact that the environment was wet and muddy for centuries, the unearthed organic and metal materials were in excellent condition. Fortunately, the constructions made in the 19th–20th centuries did not disturb the medieval stratums because of the accumulated filling of the area. Consequently, we could follow up the history of the territory from the 13th to the 18th century.