Gas pipeline reconstruction
Site IDs: 39706; 72919
Keywords: Middle Ages, Late Middle Ages, 14th–15th century, stray finds
I conducted an archaeological observation in Budapest, District I, on Hattyú Street, plot numbers 13874/2 and 13937. The site is located in the southern part of Víziváros and falls within the archaeological zone of District I.
Monitoring of the earthworks related to the construction began on August 5, 2020, and concluded on August 19, 2020. In the trench created at the site, soil was removed to a depth of 1.2 meters from the current street level. Beneath the solid road surface and its foundation, a brown, stony, debris-filled layer appeared, and at the bottom, a yellowish-brown clay soil was observed. The work area was heavily disturbed by earlier utility installations.
From the brown, stony, debris-filled layer, small, stray medieval ceramic fragments and animal bones were recovered. The ceramics are dated to the 14th–15th centuries, including a white-fired body sherd with ribbed decoration on the outer surface. The finds also included gray-fired, undecorated body sherds of the same period.
Contributors: Krisztina Bukva-Kovács (archaeologist)
Krisztina Bukva-Kovács