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50 KUka Mariiovl

50 KUka Mariiovl

the Btack Sea have not heen found up to now in Slovakia and in the Carpathian bann |Markovi 2003. w uh otbcrs refercnces).

The roibcu. m which amber artcfacts from the Early Bronzc Agc occur in Slovakta. n misccłlaneous they are found on scttlcment sites as well as in hoards. The most frequentł> the amber occurs in gravcs at burial grounds. w herc the way of its weanng aogether with mnik social aspeets of its existence are reflcctcd morę ofwłousfy Amber can be connected with a social group of artisans and with graves nch in goid gnvc goork ar in numerous persona! omaments (Murkova, Tirpako-va, Mariccho» 2002).

Amber S the matur of prestige is the remarkable expression of distance in-tercułtoral i lanai li in the Bronzc Age. Its spreading in this period comes out from _WWn and occurs southw-ards along the rivers Oder and Morava. Through maunnńi Mk> of the Western Carpathians it passed to south-western Slovakia —^ » bna of wnalW nvers down to the Danube. A part of the amber got to wcon Mocni »■ Lowcr Austria and Transdanubia. where it again connected the Danube The amber flow bon Oder sources was connected also with that from Taon B Bk Earfy Bronzc Age. but only to the river Maroś. Its coursc led by nartb-Capalkm de&Ses of the outer Carpathian arch as well as by inner northem Carpnthmis yoanmg the Danube ftows. Amber finds, indicate also the direction •OMnii n the Danube spring that was not unknown (Fig. 3).

(enpmf of spreading of Mndarovce jugs with directions of the flow of ihe anbc p the Earfy Bronzc Age. the recent rescarch shows that the Mad’arovcc cdMn prabnbty chd not participaie in spreading of amber in Tisza basin and in i —ii ni regeona of the Carpathian basin. This noticeable pot tery shape almost does bbc appear bert Dśatancc tradc in this region was realised by another culture, the glgMNM^r firona the Otomam-FOzesabony cultural milicu. Pottery and bronze gg^flgaf Bna cultural circlc that are found westward even with assumed possi-hBBj pf hi mgnunii to he nver Ipef basin indicates however (Benkovsky-Pivo-unnś łfM; Furmanek. Markovi 1999; Kovkcs 1989; Novotnś 1997), that any actcvicyaf haanon H hń cultural circle also in the Danubian direction of amber JBtBBlfAafnfcInac phaae of its development cannot be excluded.

anraral paacms of social interaction cxist. As an exchangc and rc-a Was probably the most appositely given in graphic dcm* MMnnai «f Renfro* and Bahn with characteristic of social and value relations. 9Mp|HpWilnM an inccmal charactcr, but it also can be a place of mceting

or cultures (Renfrcw. Bahn 1991:310—3 11 ■BMHlhnn aibjKU A and subjects B as far as the way of cx* Ml ke diflereni c.g.: I. non-contact dircct exchange; 2. con-g} kucał reciproca) exchange; b) border rcciproeal exchange;

d) central point of exchange (without mediat* ^B^^^^^BjlininHfhled exchange: central point of exchange via one or ■miwmntnaanmi. Renfrcw. Bahn 1991: 322).

Fig. 3, The dlśtrlbution of amber In the Borty and incipicnf Middlc Bron/r Age

Inteipretation of occurrencc of amber and Madarovce jugs from the point of vicw of the mentioned model given by Renfrcw and Bahn can be characteriscd by pottery finds typical for the culture. The map dcmonstratcs prevailing typology of jugs in relation to geography: in the north-south of ”Danubian" direction distinct typcs or sub-types of jugs predominate, i.e. in the north-east it is the typc with fun-nel-shaped ncck and legs, near Esztergom jugs without legs, southward jugs with narrowed ncck of so-called degenerated sub-types. The drałlcd picturc of intcrcul-tural contacts demonstrates in the followed time space a contact. probably direct.