Construction of a residential building
Site ID: 72911
Keywords: Prehistory, layer finds, Modern Period, layer finds
On January 24, 2020, archaeological monitoring was conducted during mechanical earthworks related to the construction of a single-family residential building.
The 1,850 m² plot is located at the northwestern upper end of the valley between Péter Hill and Üröm Hill. The terrain slopes southward from an elevation of 151 a.B.S.l. (above Baltic Sea level) to 148 a.B.S.l.. The construction platform was formed on a 20 by 10-meter area for the underground garage and the adjoining building section from the hillside, with a depth ranging from 1.5 to 2.75 meters.
Beneath the surface, a 60 cm thick layer of dark brown fill was observed, containing stone debris, modern rubble, and charcoal flecks. Below this, a 20–30 cm thick dark brown, silty clay layer was documented, followed by a yellowish-grey clayey, silty subsoil. A stone debris layer separated the slightly thickened original topsoil—which originally sloped eastward—from the subsoil. Alongside glazed ceramic fragments from the 19th–20th century, a single small prehistoric pottery fragment was also recovered. This sherd was found within the undisturbed humic layer and may have reached its location via slope movement. Its presence suggests the proximity of a prehistoric archaeological site (Fig. 1).
Contributors: Gábor Gyenes (archaeological field technician)
Gábor Gyenes