@article{MTMT:36077224, title = {An outstanding Pre-Scythian burial from Bükkábrány-Kálvária}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36077224}, author = {Hrabák, Zita and Pusztai, Tamás and Szekeres, Gyula and Balázs, Ádám and Fülöp, Kristóf György and Gucsi, László and Gál, Erika and Rácz, Piroska and Török, Béla and Dúzs, Krisztina and Bubonyi, Tamás and Gömöri, András and Pusztainé Fischl, Klára}, doi = {10.55023/issn.1786-271X.2025-008}, journal-iso = {ARCHEOMETRIAI MŰHELY}, journal = {ARCHEOMETRIAI MŰHELY}, volume = {22}, unique-id = {36077224}, issn = {1786-271X}, abstract = {The study presents a burial, and its assemblage discovered at Bükkábrány-Kálvária (Borsod-Abaúj-ZemplénCounty, NE-Hungary) dating to the 9th–early 8th century BC, along with additional pieces of bronze artefactscollected nearby from a systematic metal detector survey. The grave held the remains of an adult female and aninfant. Scientific examinations were carried out to analyse the burial assemblage. In addition to the anthropological and archaeozoological analysis of the human and animal remains, the chemical composition of therecovered gold beads was analysed by ED-XRF spectrometry. The measurement results revealed that the beadswere likely to have been made using the same or very similar base material, relatively high silver-containing(14–16 wt%) native gold. The residue adhering to the surface of the antler plate likely contains the remains of aplain weave textile. Cobalt blue, dark green, pink, and natural colour threads forming the finely woven fabricwere documented by digital microscope images. CT scans were used to visualise the decoration of the plate inorder to preserve the corroded textile remains. Among the stray finds of horse equipment, the cheekpiece wasanalysed by ED-XRF spectrometry; based on the results, the bit was made of tin bronze with around 9–10 wt%tin content in the original alloy. The archaeological evaluation of the Pre-Scythian finds from Bükkábrányrevealed complex cultural interactions between East, North, and West.}, year = {2025}, pages = {95-120}, orcid-numbers = {Hrabák, Zita/0009-0002-8583-8808; Pusztai, Tamás/0009-0005-9763-672X; Fülöp, Kristóf György/0009-0005-9763-672X; Gucsi, László/0000-0003-0964-6900; Gál, Erika/0000-0002-4226-3218; Rácz, Piroska/0009-0006-1291-3837; Török, Béla/0000-0002-3394-2753; Bubonyi, Tamás/0000-0001-8910-3484; Gömöri, András/0009-0001-4323-5796; Pusztainé Fischl, Klára/0000-0002-5941-2275} } @CONFERENCE{MTMT:36071612, title = {Pathological condions on bird bones from the Sanctuary of Iuppiter Heliopolitanus in Carnuntum-Mühläcker and adjacent areas (Austria)}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36071612}, author = {Gál, Erika and Kunst, Karl and Kirchengast, Nisa}, booktitle = {Book of abstracts}, unique-id = {36071612}, year = {2025}, pages = {17-17}, orcid-numbers = {Gál, Erika/0000-0002-4226-3218} } @CONFERENCE{MTMT:36071584, title = {Bone diseases as indicators of animal health in the 16th–17th century bone assemblages of Csókakő Castle (Hungary)}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36071584}, author = {Gál, Erika and Kovács, Gyöngyi}, booktitle = {Book of abstracts}, unique-id = {36071584}, year = {2025}, pages = {5-5}, orcid-numbers = {Gál, Erika/0000-0002-4226-3218} } @article{MTMT:35678559, title = {Hoch- bis spätmittelalterliche und frühneuzeitliche Keramik von der Burg Deutschlandsberg (Steiermark) – Ein Addendum mit einem archäozoologischen Exkurs}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35678559}, author = {Schrettle, Bernhard and Kraschitzer, Johanna and Gál, Erika}, journal-iso = {BEITR MITTELALTERARCHAEOL ÖSTERR}, journal = {BEITRÄGE ZUR MITTELALTERARCHÄOLOGIE IN ÖSTERREICH}, volume = {40}, unique-id = {35678559}, issn = {1011-0062}, year = {2024}, pages = {102-118}, orcid-numbers = {Gál, Erika/0000-0002-4226-3218} } @article{MTMT:35637886, title = {Visegrád revisited: Bird remains from the 16th–17th century rural site of Visegrád-Alsóvár (Lower Castle), and the role of avian assemblages in revealing the social status of sites}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35637886}, author = {Gál, Erika}, doi = {10.1556/072.2024.00020}, journal-iso = {ACTA ARCHAEOL ACAD SCI HUNG}, journal = {ACTA ARCHAEOLOGICA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE}, volume = {75}, unique-id = {35637886}, issn = {0001-5210}, abstract = {In this paper I present the exploitation of birds at the Ottoman Period (16th–17th century) rural site of Visegrád-Alsóvár located in North Hungary. Four poultry species and the jackdaw were identified from the 213 avian remains that formed 7.3% of the total bone assemblage. The species composition of the bird bone assemblage suggested that fowling was not practiced at the site, but various domestic birds were exploited for their meat, eggs, and perhaps other secondary products, such as feathers and dung. The representation of bones from poultry even exceeded that of the pig well reflecting the importance of avian meat and egg in addition to the preference for mutton in the diet of the Muslim population that inhabited the area of the Lower Castle after 1544, when Visegrád fell to the advancing Ottoman Turkish army.}, year = {2024}, eissn = {1588-2551}, pages = {289-308}, orcid-numbers = {Gál, Erika/0000-0002-4226-3218} } @inbook{MTMT:35486204, title = {Keselyűcsont a csókakői várból}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35486204}, author = {Gál, Erika}, booktitle = {A tudománynak gazdag ágai}, doi = {10.62150/BE70.2024_07}, unique-id = {35486204}, year = {2024}, pages = {129-140}, orcid-numbers = {Gál, Erika/0000-0002-4226-3218} } @CONFERENCE{MTMT:35444970, title = {Tubular bone objects from 500–1500 CE sites in Hungary}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35444970}, author = {Gál, Erika and Daróczi-Szabó, László and Daróczi-Szabó, Márta}, booktitle = {Book of Abstracts}, unique-id = {35444970}, abstract = {Bone tubes originating from several mammalian and avian species have been used as raw material for carving various objects such as sound instruments, (pin) cases, and other items of everyday use during the millennium falling between 500–1500 CE. The Avar Period double flutes found in 6th–9th century cemeteries and settlements are the most famous items among sound instruments in Hungary. They were usually made from the matching pair of tarsometatarsi of crane (Grus grus Linnaeus, 1758), a permanently breeding species in Hungary until the 19th century. The diaphysis of other long bones from this species such as the ulnae and tibiotarsi were occasionally also modified into double pipes. Nevertheless, these artifacts, which do not resemble any bird bone instruments from other periods, represent rare finds according to the merely 11 occurrences among the hundreds of Avar Period localities. Another group of sound instruments comprises single flutes and whistles with one or more finger holes. These artifacts came to light from 10th–16th century deposits representing the medieval finds according to the chronology of the Middle Ages in Hungary. Pin cases made from bones were also identified from both aforementioned historical periods. The Avar Period needle cases, however, displayed decorative carvings, contrary to the 10th–14th century specimens, whose surfaces are smooth, but drilled through by a pair of holes. The mouthpieces of leather or bladder hoses and the purse fasteners are typical tubular finds of the Avar period graves in Hungary which were found both in female and male graves. The bagpipes and the drilled, amulet-like objects dated to the late Medieval period (14th–16th century) represented the rarer types of objects carved from tubular bones.}, year = {2024}, pages = {24}, orcid-numbers = {Gál, Erika/0000-0002-4226-3218} } @CONFERENCE{MTMT:35148625, title = {Egy különleges csonteszközkészlet két késő neolitikus – kora rézkori temetőből}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35148625}, author = {Gál, Erika and Osztás, Anett}, booktitle = {MΩMO∑ XIII. MOBILITÁS ÉS HATÁRVONAL}, unique-id = {35148625}, year = {2024}, pages = {13}, orcid-numbers = {Gál, Erika/0000-0002-4226-3218} } @CONFERENCE{MTMT:35148612, title = {A peculiar tool set from two Late Neolithic – Early Copper Age cemeteries in Hungary}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35148612}, author = {Gál, Erika and Osztás, Anett}, booktitle = {15th meeting of the ICAZ Worked Bone Research group. Scientific programme, Abstracts}, unique-id = {35148612}, year = {2024}, pages = {49}, orcid-numbers = {Gál, Erika/0000-0002-4226-3218} } @article{MTMT:34751191, title = {A fifth‐ to sixth‐century CE lynx ( Lynx lynx L., 1758) skeleton from Hungary 2: Stature and archaeological interpretations}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34751191}, author = {Gál, Erika and Bartosiewicz, László and Kiss, Viktória and Horváth, Friderika and Melis, Eszter}, doi = {10.1002/oa.3289}, journal-iso = {INT J OSTEOARCHAEOL}, journal = {INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY}, volume = {32}, unique-id = {34751191}, issn = {1047-482X}, abstract = {Lynx remains are rare in archaeological assemblages. The skeleton of an adult male accompanied by four dogs was found in a large Migration Period pit at Zamárdi–Kútvölgyi‐dűlő II, Hungary. Extant lynx skeletons were used in estimating the shoulder height of this individual. Its stature is comparable to those of the large dogs it was buried with. None of the five skeletons showed skinning marks. Although the physical reconstruction of the lynx was of help in appraising this special pit, the actual nature of the deposit remains in question. Possible interpretations range from the mundane discard of carcasses to the poorly understood ritual burial of carnivores, beginning with the lynx. We reviewed these options within the framework of cultural diversity of Migration Period peoples in west‐central Hungary.}, year = {2024}, eissn = {1099-1212}, pages = {783-791}, orcid-numbers = {Gál, Erika/0000-0002-4226-3218; Melis, Eszter/0000-0002-5016-5108} }