SÍDLISKO OTOMANSKO -FÜZESABONYSKEJ KULTÚRY V KOŠICIACH

The rescue archaeological excavation at the site of Košice-Táborisko (Košice-Juh) was initiated by construction of the OC Cassovia shopping centre in 2000. The settlement of Táborisko site belongs to the open habitation of the Otomani-Füzesabony culture people from the Bronze Age. We have studied 41 features including part of the floor with a hearth from an above-ground house, a production feature, a storage pit, separate hearths or hearths in settlement pits, postholes, settlement pits. A considerable portion of finds consists of pottery. Apart from it, bone and antler material, animal bones, chipped lithic industry, daub and stones have been obtained. Metal industry is represented only by a fragment of a needle from a bronze pin. Pottery sherds come from jugs, cups, bowls, a cylindrical vessel, amphorae and pots. The discovered finds and radiocarbon dating within the span of 1787 – 1539 cal BC allow classification of the settlement in Košice-Táborisko in the classical stage of the Otomani-Füzesabony culture.