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while in some cases spearheads were found next to the front legs4 or the back

legs of the animals.5 Most of the spearheads were found on the right side of the

horse skull,6 their occurence on the left side being much rarer.7

Spearhead at the skull of the horse:

Site Grave No. Right Left Reference

1 Aradac–Mečka A Nađ 1959, 63, tab. XIII/4
2 Budapest XXI. Csepel–Háros 52 X Nagy 1998, 160–161

3 Csákberény–Orondpuszta 119 IKM 10.263; Kovrig
1955b, 168

4 Csákberény–Orondpuszta 327 X
5 Előszállás–Bajcsihegy 20 X IKM 52.96.5; Kovrig
1955b, 169

6 Gâmbaş IX Horedt 1958, 99
7 Gátér 239 Kada 1906, 331

8 Košice–Šebastovce 48 Budinský-Krička – Točík
1991, 14–15, Abb. 3

9 Košice–Šebastovce 67 Budinský-Krička – Točík
1991, 18–19, Abb. 5

10 Košice–Šebastovce 86 Budinský-Krička – Točík
1991, 23–24, Abb. 7

11 Košice–Šebastovce 94 X Budinský-Krička – Točík
1984, 174, 176, Obr. 2/4;
Budinský-Krička – Točík
1991, 25–26, Abb. 8
12 Košice–Šebastovce 226 X Budinský-Krička – Točík

1991, 48, Abb. 19
13 Košice–Šebastovce 232 X Budinský-Krička – Točík

1991, 50–51, Abb. 20

4 Košice–Šebastovce grave No. 225 (Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 47–48. Abb. 18); Štúrovo–
Vojenské cvičisko grave No. 258 (Točík 1968b, 67–68); Tiszafüred–Majoros grave No. 40
(Garam 1995, 13–14, Abb. 4).
5 Budapest XXI. Csepel–Háros grave No. 55 (Nagy 1998, 162–163); Košice–Šebastovce grave No.
131 (Budinský-Krička – Točík 1991, 32–33, Abb. 11); Košice–Šebastovce grave No. 374 (Budinský-
Krička – Točík 1991, 72, Abb. 27).
6 15 examples, 48.38 %.
7 Four examples.