NÁLEZY HLINENÝCH FAJOK ZO SPIŠA

The contribution was created by processing the collection of clay pipes finds from the depository of the Spiš branch of the Archaeological Institute in Nitra. In the present text, 127 fragments of clay pipes are discovered, which were discovered on Spiš. Clay pipes are described on the basis of a formalized description that we used in 2013 (Čurný / Šimčík / Bielich 2013). In the studied ensemble are dominated pipes from 17-18. Cent. Hungarian production. In the Spiš Castle was discovered clay pipes manufacture in the 70s of the 20th century by A. Vallasek (1983). Some clay pipes fragments can come directly from this workshop. We meet the producers of pipes from Banská Štiavnica, Kremnica, Miskolc and Male Ozorovce. We have succeeded in identifying several new brands whose producers have not yet been known. Analysis of individual files from different regions of Slovakia gradually shows certain regional differences. In recent years, interest in processing this attractive kind of material culture has increased, resulting in conferences and seminars dedicated to the history, archaeology of pipes, smoking and tobacco.