Hungarian National Museum

About: Hungarian National Museum is a archive organization based out in Budapest, Hungary. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Chalcolithic & Population. The organization has 70 authors who have published 106 publications receiving 2223 citations. The organization is also known as: Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum.

XVII.—A new species of Gonocephalum (Col., Tenebrionidæ) from the Philippine Islands

Abstract: (1951). XVII.—A new species of Gonocephalum (Col., Tenebrionidae) from the Philippine Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Vol. 4, No. 38, pp. 182-185.

Examination of the Microstructure of the Findings from Cannon Foundry Sárospatak

Abstract: The Rakoczi Museum of the Hungarian National Museum revealed a cannon casting foundry in the territory of the castle of Sarospatak. The excavation started in the summer of 2006. A great amount of findings were revealed from the metallurgical, alloying and casting processes of the foundry. The Archeometallurgical Research Group of the University of Miskolc examines the microstructure and the chemical composition of these findings. The aim of this research work is to complete the knowledge of the contemporary literature and reconstruct the technological processes of the foundry. In this article the current status of the examination is introduced.

ʻ...Finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary’ – Non-utilitarian artefacts in the upper palaeolithic – A case study from Mogyorósbánya (Transdanubia, Hungary)

Abstract: During the excavations of the Upper Palaeolithic site at Mogyorosbanya several non-utilitarian artefacts were found. Beside the earlier published piece of fossil resin (amber) and lumps of red ochre, more than one hundred Palaeogene and Neogene fossil molluscs, large foraminifers, corals and trace fossils from at least three different geological formations, as well as numerous fragments of phyllite were documented. Pebbles of this soft shale were most probably collected from the alluvium of the Danube river. The majority of the pieces show clear traces of scraping and along the periphery of the largest artefact rhythmic incisions are visible. Even if this piece is not a ready-made object, it can be compared to the limestone and sandstone pebbles found on the Epigravettian site of Pilismarot-Palret. Another interesting artefact of unknown function is a carefully shaped but strongly fragmented piece with sharp edge. Fossils of the Eocene Epoch were easily accessible in the region of Mogyorosbanya, while the nearest fossiliferous outcrops of the Oligocene and Pannonian sediments are found 15–17 km in south-eastern direction from the site. Few gastropod shells show unambiguous traces of human modification. Typically, among the 16 Melanopsis fossils found in a single square meter only three pieces were manufactured. On the other hand, the majority of the Dentalium and worm tube fragments were cut and their surfaces show intense rounding and shine. The not modified Nummulites, corals and large internal casts of gastropods were most probably collected by Prehistoric humans because of their unusual form. This interesting group of the Mogyorosbanya artefacts and are compared to the fossils published from the Pilisszanto I rockshelter and to the not modified fossils from Moravia and Romania.