Üllő5 is an archeological site in
Hungary
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, near the town of
Üllő
Üllő is a town in Pest county, Hungary. It is around south-east of the centre of Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the E ...
, next to
Budapest
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. It was excavated between 2002 and 2006 when the southeastern section of the
M0 motorway, the bypass road of Budapest, was built. It was the greatest excavation in the history of Hungarian archeology; 40 hectares were excavated, yielding a total of 8,200 objects. Due to the huge territory to be covered and the sheer number of workers and machines involved, six archeological teams worked together simultaneously on the excavation, although only part of the territory has thus far been excavated.
Historical background
Üllő5 was an important centre of
Late Sarmatian pottery in the 3-4th centuries AD. The people of this populous village made fireproof cooking pots and vessels. Although the clay is only medium quality, its stratum is situated one or two meters below the surface. Typical gray, granular Üllő5 pottery was found everywhere in the north-central part of the
Great Hungarian Plain
The Great Hungarian Plain (also known as Alföld or Great Alföld, or ) is a plain occupying the majority of the modern territory of Hungary. It is the largest part of the wider Pannonian Plain (however, the Great Hungarian Plain was not par ...
, indicating lively trading activity in the region.
This pottery tradition continued in the
Age of Migrations well until the Early Middle Ages and the time of the
Árpáds, in spite of the frequent changes of the local population.
Significance
The artefacts unearthed in Üllő5 shed a new light on the Late Antique era of the Sarmatian culture. Tens of thousands of artefacts of pottery were excavated and restored by the specialists of the
Kossuth Museum, Cegléd, creating a collection of European importance.
Gallery
Image:Archaeological site Üllő 5 - Sarmatian settlement, Komitat Pest, Hungary.jpg, Üllő5 archeological site
Image:Látkép 018.JPG, Üllő5 archeological site
Image:Vecsés4.JPG, Nearby Vecsés4 site
Image:Sarmatianpottery.JPG, Late Sarmatian pottery from the site
Sources
Only in Hungarian:
Nyári régészeti csúcsforgalomPest Megyei Közművelődési Intézet - Útépítéseket megelőző régészeti feltárások Pest megyében 2001 – 2006 - Tudományos ülés* http://www.numismatics.hu/hirarchivum2004_05.htm
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Archaeological sites in Hungary
Iranian archaeological sites
Sarmatians
Former populated places in Eastern Europe