KORA ÚJKORI CSERÉPPIPÁK A DRÁVA VIDÉKÉRŐL - EGYSÉG, REGIONALITÁS, KERESKEDELEM
EARLY-MODERN-AGE CLAY TOBACCO PIPES FROM THE RIVER DRAVA REGION - UNIFORMITY, REGIONALITY, TRADE

Summary/Abstract: The study analyses Ottoman clay tobacco pipes from the River Drava region (Barcs, Babócsa, Szigetvár). Some are stray finds, but many of those from Barcs are from the Ottoman palisaded stronghold there, from its Ottoman layer. The study fills a gap in the literature in that it presents hitherto unpublished pipe finds from this region. The goal of the research was to establish whether in addition to characteristics that were uniform countrywide, regional features, too, could be pointed out, and whether there were links between pieces which permitted the hypothesising of common workshops or trade routes. In the background of the similarities, waterborne trade conducted along the Drava and Danube rivers may be considered important, but other factors, too, may have had a role, e.g. various population movements and also redeployments of soldiers. In the light of the written data, Szigetvár had a workshop which produced clay tobacco pipes; kindred finds from the region can, perhaps, be brought into connection with this workshop.

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