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The largest kurgan (burial mound) in the region is located near Buj and Ibrány, approximately 2 kilometres SE of Buj. The site is also called Buj, Feketehalom [lit. „Black mound” in Hungarian]. The kurgan was built on the southern half of a N–S double hillock. In 1851 Elek Fényes recorded the height of the kurgan as 13 metres. In 1945, part of the mound was shorn away. In present-day it is an uncultivated area overgrown with shrubs and trees (Lajos Kiss: Régi Rétköz [The Old Rétköz] 1961, 142)
András Jósa conducted an archaeological excavation on the mound, his trenches are discernible even today. The hollow located on the top of the mound somewhat spoils the image of this otherwise prominent landmark. A trigonometrical station was placed on the top of the mound, the land nearby has been ravaged by numerous fox burrows. Despite these intrusions, the mass of the kurgan is largely intact and is a definite spectacle of the region, rising to a still impressive 7 m height. A batch of naturally protected Jerusalem sages has settled on the mound
András Jósa opened a 10.5 × 8 m trench on the mound in 1900. Its fill proved to be hardpacked. Two equine teeth were recovered, alongside a fragmentary iron object, which Jósa identified as a spur (Hósa 1958, 168). Prehistoric sherds were also recovered from the soil of the kurgan. |
