SÍDLISKO LUDANICKEJ SKUPINY V NITRE – CHRENOVEJ S NÁLEZOM ZDOBENEJ AMFORY JORDANOVSKEJ KULTÚRY

This article presents the results of the archaeological excavation carried out during the construction of the Operation and Maintenance Centre of the R1 Expressway east of Nitra in southwest Slovakia. Relics of a settlement from the beginning of the Late Stone Age were examined from January to March 2010. The weather and timing constraints had a significant impact on the excavation process. The geophysical measurements with a fluxgate magnetometer in the first stage of the excavation identified several anomalies, which were confirmed and documented by field excavation. The total number of examined features was 14. Some contexts (building structures or post-holes) detected by the magnetometer were destroyed by the stripping of the topsoil. Besides the evaluation of the found context, the article brings an analysis of all obtained sources. The identified settlement’s chronological position, confirmed by AMS radiocarbon dating, falls to the Early Aeneolithic - Ludanice group of the Lengyel Culture. The settlement also yielded a unique find: a decorated biconical amphora of the Jordanow Culture. It represents the very first import of this type into the territory of Slovakia.