Vol. 3 No. 10 (2022)
Field reports

Investigations of an Early Iron Age Siege: Preliminary Report on the Archaeological Research Carried out at Dédestapolcsány-Verebce-bérc between 2020 and 2022

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  • Gábor V. Szabó,
  • Marcell Barcsi,
  • Péter Bíró,
  • Károly Tankó,
  • Gábor Váczi,
  • Péter Mogyorós
Gábor V. Szabó
Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Marcell Barcsi
Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Péter Bíró
National Archaeological Institute, Hungarian National Museum, Hungary
Károly Tankó
ELKH – ELTE Research Group for Interdisciplinary Archaeology, Hungary
Gábor Váczi
Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Péter Mogyorós
Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17204/dissarch.2022.277

Published 2023-03-31

Keywords

  • Early Iron Age, fortified settlement, armed conflict, iron ingots, metal detector survey

How to Cite

V. Szabó, G., Barcsi, M., Bíró, P., Tankó, K., Váczi, G., & Mogyorós, P. (2023). Investigations of an Early Iron Age Siege: Preliminary Report on the Archaeological Research Carried out at Dédestapolcsány-Verebce-bérc between 2020 and 2022. Dissertationes Archaeologicae, 3(10), 277–299. https://doi.org/10.17204/dissarch.2022.277

Abstract

As part of a new research project, the team of the Institute of Archaeological Sciences of the Eötvös Loránd University has been investigating the Early Iron Age hillfort at Dédestapolcsány-Verebce-bérc since 2020. Based on the results of previous fieldwalk sessions and metal detector surveys, we conducted excavations in 2022 to investigate the effects of the Iron Age siege on the settlement. We unearthed the remains of two buildings, one of which was apparently damaged by fire. A metal detector survey was also carried out simultaneously with the excavations, yielding a Late Bronze Age and several Middle Iron Age depots comprising bronze and iron artefacts.

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