The find of a plastically decorated daub from Tornaľa has been known in the literature since the 1960s. However, despite its significance, the published mentions lack the basic data and thus relevant information not only about the heterogeneity of the find, but also about its quantity and further fundamental qualitative characteristics. The aim of the paper is therefore to process and fully evaluate the find in the context of similar artefacts coming mostly from the territory of Slovakia. In general, the find from Tornaľa represents a larger typologically diverse set of decorated and undecorated daub fragments, which comes from the destruction of a building with a wood frame construction. Within the shapes, the occurrence of various tip-shaped formations dominates. Regarding the decoration, a plastic relief in the form of ribs and protrusions appear most frequently, however, a spiral motif has also been used. Based on the pottery accompanying the set of artefacts in question, the whole find can be dated back to the first half of the Middle Bronze Age, represented by the BB1–BB2 (BC1) phases. In south-central Slovakia this dating corresponds with the early stage of the Piliny culture. The findings achieved in the article complement and expand the knowledge about the currently still little explored phenomenon concerning the wall relief decoration of the buildings in the Bronze Age.
The population of the Lusatian culture inhabiting the Lublin area during the Bronze age and Early Iron age used various items made of flint and stone. The most spectacular finds include sickles and sickles inserts with surface retouch. Items made from flint and stone were used mainly as tools, but also as weapons, as well as prestige indicators. They also had symbolic function. These artefacts were probably produced on site at settlements and they were among the accessories of everyday life of the population living then. In the Early Iron age, in the valley of the Vistula River, local flint deposits were exploited. Flint knapping workshops were set up here. Extremly numerous flint artefacts were recorded at these workshops and they represent the so-called Kosin industry.
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