The main objective of the study is to shed light on the appearance, development and
spatial characteristics of the hoarding practices through a diachronic approach of
the early assemblages. The main focus of research is represented by the Carpathian
Basin, but for a better understanding, the depositing habits of the neighbouring regions
will also be discussed, since the period’s valuable and highly respected raw materials,
such as Spondylus, jade or flint point towards economic and social networks stretching
over several thousand kilometres. The consequence of these connections is the emergence
of specific hoarding patterns in different parts of Europe throughout the Copper Age,
which leads to impressive accumulations of objects made from different raw materials.
