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In July 1969, the Archaeology Department of the Budapest History Museum (BTM) was notified, that human bones and pottery vessels were unearthed next to Péceli Road in District XVII, at 100–120 cm depth, while laying an industrial water pipe. The area in question was lot Nr. 138 598, located on the eastern bank of Danube (on the side of Pest), east of Rákoscsaba, in front of the administrative border of Budapest, on the northern side of the tarmac road leading towards Pécel. The area was unbuilt at the time. The approximately 67.000 square meters (6.7 hectares) large area situtated on the southern bank of the Rákos Stream was cultivated by the Rákosvölgye (Rákos Valley) Agricultural Collective Farm until 1990. In the summer of 1969, a meter wide drainage ditch was excavated across the field by an earthmover. It spanned from the Erdő-Hegy (Forest-Mountain) Collective’s Pig Ranch (situated 241.6 m above sea level) southwestward towards the Rákos Stream. The sand hills located along the south bank of the stream were cut through for about 2.5 km long, approximately along the high-voltage power lines. Between the northern side of the Péceli Road and the Rákos Stream, the ditch took a ca. 500 m long S–N curve, which ravaged 6–8 skeleton graves located near the southern bank of the stream. In the excavated soil, flat, white and unprocessed stones were visible, with a burial paved with stones visible in the section wall (marked as Grave Nr. 43 during excavation). |
