A05_P09

Newly found settlement features from Nitra-Lupka

Nezvalová L ^1,2,  Fottová E², Milová B²

¹Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha 8 - Libeň, Czech Republic, ²Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia

Nitra-Lupka is the important site from the Great Moravian period in Slovakia. Fortified hillfort which was supposed to be from this period, battery of pottery kilns and Early Medieval cemetery were found there. It was researched from 1959 until 1975. Few small range excavations took place on the site at the beginning of the 21st century. At the same time the dating of hillfort into the Early Medieval period was questioned. There was also problem with localisation of settlement which would belong to the battery of pottery kilns. The settlement was discovered recently in 2021 during development-led excavations at Nitra-Šindolka. It was found during the construction of ecoduct. Two bread kilns and four other features were discovered. Numerous ceramics and other findings were discovered in them. In the feature 6, which was probably used for storage, numerous sherds and some animal bones were discovered. The two of the bones (phalanges of cattle) were dated by radiocarbon dating. These are the first ¹⁴C data which were obtained from this site and they are very important for precise dating of this site.