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GÁBOR ILON: STRANGE FUNERALS
(The example of Gór and Zanat from the age of transition between the bronze age and iron age)

---------------------The study publishes the finding material of six pits containing human remains from the end of the bronze age and early iron age, celtic age. They are located on the "Kápolna" hill at Gór. The phenomenon is unusual, however, it ist not unique for these periods. The object type of the pits (e. g. bit) And the animal bones (e. g. horse) suggest an infiltrating population. The author believes that they were those robust individuals found there. This statement is, however, weakened by the discovery that one of the pit containing graceful vases was of celtic age. The urn culture's hypothetical population could also been of graceful build. The significance of the data is emphasised by the fact that until now we could not imagine the anthropology of this age's Transdanubian population since they used cremation.
The graves of the cemetery on the boundary of Szombathely-Zanat are partly of similar age to that rather strange "burials" found at Gór. Three from these pit's material are published in the study.

FERENC TÓTH: A MEMORIAL IN TARCSAFÜRDŐ
(On Life and Work of Baron Ferenc Tóth )

---------------------The cemetery at Tarcsafürdő (today: Bad Tatzmannsdorf in Burgenland) can be found the grave of a renowned Ferench diplomat of Hungarian origin: François baron de Tott (1733-1793). After the fall of the Rákóczi's War of Independence, András Tóth, a Hungarian noble, got to France through Turkey and he lived there as hussar officer and diplomat. His son, François, followed his father's example: he also became officer and diplomat. He carried out several diplomatic missions in Europe and in the Osman Empire. His name is connected to the strengthening of the Dardanelle and Bosporus as well as the elaboration of the early version of the Egypt expedition. He recorded his diplomatic experiences in a successful work entitled Mémoires sur les Turcs et les Tartares. In the present study the aspects of his life connected to Vas are also recalled.

LAJOS J. CSÓKA: THE HISTORY OF BÜK

---------------------Lajos J. Csóka (1904-1980) a Benedictine monk, an excellent Middle Age explorer and historian was born at Bük in a large farmer family. Bük sometimes belonged to Sopron, today to Vas County. He spent most of his life in the ancient monastery of Pannonhalma as monk teacher and the guardian of the order's library. He wrote one of the first studies of his life about the history of his native village, in 1929. The medieval history of the three small-noble villages built around the church erected in the 12th-13th century - today is a monument - (Vizlóbük, Egyházasbük and Mankóbük) is presented through certificates. He dedicates a large part to the Protestant age as well as the history of the catholic congregation revived during the Counter-Reformation. He discusses in a detailed manner the formation of the education as well. The study remained up to now in manuscript perhaps because the incomplete parts relating to the recent ages. Now it is published with the introduction by Ferenc Gyurácz.

GYULA BENCZIK: BETWEEN THE 'HEGYHÁT' AND THE RÁBA
(Extract from Village Monograph Entitled Ivánc)

---------------------The late liberation from Turkish occupation (1690) in the villages of Hegyhát was followed by the ingravescence of the serfs' burdens. During the Rákóczi Revolution the people from Ivánc fought in "kuruc" regiments. In the beginning of the Revolution, the squire of the village, József Sigray, was hesitating and finally he joined the emperor. After 1711, the family was continually aggrandised, the Sigray's in 1724 obtained the baron title, then, in 1780 the count title. In 1745, baron Károly Sigray has had built his mansion at Ivánc and in the following decade he transformed Ivánc into his family residence and manor centre.
The catholic parish has been reorganised after 1714. The destroyed medieval villages were rebuilt (Viszák) or farms were built on their place (Lugos, Németfalu).
Early in the 19th century the serfs of the manor - with the active support of the neighbouring Őrség - made conscious efforts for the improvement of their situation. They presented their petition to the throne. Their desperation is shown by the fact that they several times endured even the imprisonment. Finally, the 1848 Revolution brought the half-century pleading to the end. Some of the Revolution soldiers from Ivánc were fighting even in the Világos battle. After the defeat, the avengement affected both the village population and the village judge.

MÁRTON VERESS-ÁGNES SVIRZSOVITS:
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE "PÉTERICS-HEGY" MOUNTAIN'S PHYLLITE SURFACE FORM-TREASURES

---------------------Some phyllite rock-walls' formations of the "Péterics-hegy" mountain have been examined. The forms partly are the same as those formed on greenschist by partial dissolution. However, the form-treasure of the phyllite rock and the greenschist is partially differing. (E. g. on the "Péterics-hegy" mountain's rock-walls the caps are missing.) The differences manifesting in the form-treasure can be explained by the reduced stability of the phyllite and this rock's more evenly distributed lime content.

MÁRTON VERESS-PÉTER CSEHI-ZOLTÁN ZENTAI-LEVENTE SZABÓ:
THE TERRACED HALF-PLATEAUS OF THE "HOSSZÚ-VÖLGY" AT VELEM

---------------------Utilising the data of the detailed assessment as well as according to the analysis of the drawn cross-section regarding the "Hosszú-völgy" at Velem, small-inclination slopes, terraced half-plateaus have been separated. The variegated spread of the half-plateaus (both horizontally and vertically) indicates that they formed out after the formation of the valley-sides during the local erosion. The opposite valley-sides' half-plateaus are of different conformation. The morphology and their formation depend upon the direction of the valley-side inclination against the rock-foliation plane inclination. Structural terraces could be formed where the two direction's difference is great - 180Ă or near.

LEVENTE SZABÓ: SLOPE MORPHOLOGY AND SLOPE EVOLUTION EXAMINATION ON THE "HOSSZÚ-VÖLGY" AT VELEM

---------------------As a part of the he teamwork analysing the Kőszeg Mountains' geomorphology we present the compiled form-element map made according to the instrumental survey as well as the soil-sections taken on the area of the characteristic forms. According to the results conclusions valid for a wider area can be drawn regarding the mass-movements occurred during the Pleistocene and Holocene.