@article{MTMT:33415133, title = {Turkeve-Terehalom in the Eastern Carpathian Basin. Bronze Age multi-stratified site provides high-precision chronology with continental implications}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33415133}, author = {Daroczi, Tibor-Tamas and Csanyi, Marietta and Tarnoki, Judit and Nagy, Fanni and Olsen, Jesper}, doi = {10.1515/pz-2022-2024}, journal-iso = {PRAEHIST Z}, journal = {PRAEHISTORISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT}, unique-id = {33415133}, issn = {0079-4848}, abstract = {The multi-stratified site of Turkeve-Terehalom presents an exceptional opportunity to establish the start and the end of the Middle Bronze Age in the Eastern Carpathian Basin and to refine its inner chronology. The chronological potential of the site rests on the meticulous excavation campaigns over a decade. This potential has been harvested by linking stratified finds, particularly pottery, to narrow, calibrated age-ranges. The result has implications for local chronology while also prompting questions about how to synchronise long-range connectivity with central and northern Europe and the Aegean, as well. The resulting chronological model for Turkeve-Terehalom firstly challenges prevailing chronological views regarding the life-spans of Bronze Age structures with beaten clay floors, secondly the direction of the wave of destruction and/or abandonment of multi-stratified sites in the Carpathian Basin, and thirdly the continental networking during the Middle Bronze Age.}, keywords = {DESTRUCTION; LONGEVITY; SETTLEMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; chronology; Houses; synchronisation; Bayesian modelling; Long-range connections; clay floors}, year = {2022}, eissn = {1613-0804} } @article{MTMT:33354519, title = {Hunte 4: Re-validation of a Bell Beaker domestic site in the Dummer region in northwestern Germany}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33354519}, author = {Brozio, Jan Piet and Feeser, Ingo and Heumueller, Marion and Mueller, Johannes and Corradini, Erica and Kirleis, Wiebke and Doerfler, Walter and Erkul, Ercan and Wunderlich, Tina}, doi = {10.1515/pz-2022-2020}, journal-iso = {PRAEHIST Z}, journal = {PRAEHISTORISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT}, unique-id = {33354519}, issn = {0079-4848}, abstract = {One of the few areas of the central North European Plain with settlement structures of the Single Grave groups (SG) as well as the Bell Beaker (BB) phenomenon is the Dummer region in northwestern Germany. This region is characterised by extensive wetlands on the southern border of the Northern Lowland and has been subject of several research projects on Mesolithic and Neolithic sites since the last century. Archaeological prospections in the 1940s led to the detection of a domestic site of the BB groups at the Hunte 4 site. In 2020, new research was carried out at this site, which, through the integration of archaeology, geophysics and palynology, identified a Late SG and BB site and reconstructed the surrounding landscape. In contrast to the Hunte 1 settlement with building structures 2.5 km to the south, which also shows SG and BB activities, the results of the investigations at Hunte 4 point to a temporary use of the site. Consequently, a settlement system can be reconstructed in the region of the Dummer for the second half of the third millennium and at the beginning of the second millennium BCE, which consisted of at least one permanent settlement and at the minimum one temporarily used sites - several more could be presumed but have to yet be localised. At the same time, the Dummer region marks the southern border of a settlement system in the central Northern European Plain which is characterised by less domestic site, less permanent settlement sites and buildings structures. This contrasts with the increasing number of known settlement sites in the surrounding regions of the central Northern European Plain and suggests a higher translocality of individuals and groups in this area.}, keywords = {Geophysics; environmental studies; settlement systems; Bell Beaker phenomenon; Northern European Plain; Lake Dummer; wetland area; Single Grave groups}, year = {2022}, eissn = {1613-0804} } @article{MTMT:33266435, title = {The Hajdúböszörmény-Csege-halom Hoard and its Related Finds in Europe}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33266435}, author = {Tarbay, János Gábor}, journal-iso = {PRAEHIST Z}, journal = {PRAEHISTORISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT}, volume = {aop}, unique-id = {33266435}, issn = {0079-4848}, year = {2022}, eissn = {1613-0804}, pages = {1-48} } @article{MTMT:33010423, title = {Elusive Goths in northern Poland: Initial isotopic insights of the pre-Roman and Roman period populations from the Wielbark Culture cemetery in Malbork-Wielbark}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33010423}, author = {Luczkiewicz, Piotr and Pospieszny, Lukasz and Belka, Zdzislaw and Lukasik, Sylwia and Krenz-Niedbala, Marta and Kuziola, Aneta and Kleemann, Jorg}, doi = {10.1515/pz-2022-2030}, journal-iso = {PRAEHIST Z}, journal = {PRAEHISTORISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT}, unique-id = {33010423}, issn = {0079-4848}, abstract = {From 19 inhumation graves from the cemetery in Malbork-Wielbark (northern Poland) samples (teeth) were collected for the analysis of strontium (Sr-87/Sr-86) isotopes in order to try to determine the origin of the subjects. The chronological range of the analyzed statistical sample covers about 300 years of over 600 years of necropolis history, i. e. the period from the end of the early pre-Roman period (phase A3 - the last decades BC) to the C1b phase of the Roman period (more or less the first half of the 3rd century AD). The results of the analysis indicate the local origin of the studied group, and at the same time constitute an interesting contribution to the discussion on the ethnic structure of the Wielbark culture.}, keywords = {MOBILITY; SR ISOTOPES; Roman period; cemetery; Wielbark culture}, year = {2022}, eissn = {1613-0804}, orcid-numbers = {Belka, Zdzislaw/0000-0001-9634-610X; Lukasik, Sylwia/0000-0003-2210-7434} } @article{MTMT:33328189, title = {A history of the LBK in the central Polish lowlands}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33328189}, author = {Marciniak, Arkadiusz and Pyzel, Joanna and Krueger, Marta and Lisowski, Mikolaj and Ramsey, Christopher Bronk and Dunbar, Elaine and Barclay, Alistair and Bayliss, Alex and Gaydarska, Bisserka and Whittle, Alasdair}, doi = {10.1515/pz-2022-2041}, journal-iso = {PRAEHIST Z}, journal = {PRAEHISTORISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT}, volume = {97}, unique-id = {33328189}, issn = {0079-4848}, abstract = {A new chronological study of the LBK in the central Polish lowlands shows that it emerged later, lasted for a shorter period, and ended sooner than has been supposed up till now. LBK communities emerged, probably in the middle of the 53rd century cal BC, to form an enclave in the central Polish lowlands, probably as a result of colonisation from loess areas in the south of Poland. Settlement steadily intensified throughout the 52nd century cal BC, reaching its peak at the beginning of Phase III. In the middle of the 51st century cal BC there followed an abrupt decline or collapse, and LBK occupation of the lowlands had probably ended completely by the end of that century. There followed an appreciable gap before the re-emergence of settlement in the form of the Late Band Pottery culture (LBPC), characterised by significantly sparser settlement, changed dwelling structures and contacts with hunter-gatherer groups. A start to the wider task of comparing the situation in the central Polish lowlands with other regional sequences is made principally by reviewing similar formal modelling of a post-LBK hiatus in the Rhineland. Possible factors causing the LBK decline are discussed, including climatic downturn, population boom and bust, warfare, cultural malaise, disease and internal social conflict. None of these is overwhelmingly convincing on its own, and one of the many challenges for continuing research in the Polish lowlands and beyond will be to find further specific evidence to decide which of this range of possibilities is most plausible in specific contexts.}, keywords = {DECLINE; Settlement development; Hiatus; Polish lowlands; LBK communities; formal chronological modelling}, year = {2022}, eissn = {1613-0804}, pages = {377-408} } @article{MTMT:33070037, title = {Bell Beakers in the Masurian Lake District in north-eastern Poland - relics and identification issues}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33070037}, author = {Manasterski, D. and Januszek, K. and Cetwińska, A.}, doi = {10.1515/pz-2022-2032}, journal-iso = {PRAEHIST Z}, journal = {PRAEHISTORISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT}, volume = {97}, unique-id = {33070037}, issn = {0079-4848}, year = {2022}, eissn = {1613-0804}, pages = {522-543} } @article{MTMT:32997490, title = {Aspects of a Bandkeramik settlement near Olteni in Transylvania}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32997490}, author = {Saile, Thomas and Debiec, Maciej and Buzea, Dan}, doi = {10.1515/pz-2021-2006}, journal-iso = {PRAEHIST Z}, journal = {PRAEHISTORISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT}, volume = {97}, unique-id = {32997490}, issn = {0079-4848}, abstract = {In Transylvania, settlements of the Transdanubian Linienbandkeramik (LBK) are predominantly found in the Brasov Depression. Excavations at the LBK settlement of Olteni, located on the right bank of the Olt River, brought to light the fragmented remains of at least two ground plans of Early Neolithic longhouses. These are the first convincing evidence of such structures in Romania. The pottery allows dating the site to a later Notenkopf phase of the LBK. Among the ceramic pieces, a fragment of a small altar and several multiply perforated objects are particularly conspicuous; this is the first time sieves have been discovered in an LBK context in Romania. In addition, the Olteni site yielded the most extensive collection of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic plastic in the entire Eastern Bandkeramik milieu.}, keywords = {SIEVE; Romania; Early Neolithic; Transylvania; linear pottery culture; Linienbandkeramik (LBK); Transdanubian LBK; Alfold LBK; longhouse; anthropomorphic figurine; zoomorphic figurine}, year = {2022}, eissn = {1613-0804}, pages = {1-21} } @article{MTMT:32769356, title = {The Eneolithic cemetery at Khvalynsk on the Volga River}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32769356}, author = {Anthony, David W. and Khokhlov, A. A. and Agapov, S. A. and Agapov, D. S. and Schulting, R. and Olalde, I. and Reich, D.}, doi = {10.1515/pz-2022-2034}, journal-iso = {PRAEHIST Z}, journal = {PRAEHISTORISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT}, volume = {97}, unique-id = {32769356}, issn = {0079-4848}, abstract = {The genetically attested migrations of the third millennium BC have made the origins and nature of the Yamnaya culture a question of broad relevance across northern Eurasia. But none of the key archaeological sites most important for understanding the evolution of Yamnaya culture is published in western languages. These key sites include the fifth-millennium BC Khvalynsk cemetery in the middle Volga steppes. When the first part of the Eneolithic cemetery (Khvalynsk I) was discovered in 1977-1979, the graves displayed many material and ritual traits that were quickly recognized as similar and probably ancestral to Yamnaya customs, but without the Yamnaya kurgans. With the discovery of a second burial plot (Khvalynsk II) 120 m to the south in 1987-1988, Khvalynsk became the largest excavated Eneolithic cemetery in the Don-Volga-Ural steppes (201 recorded graves), dated about 4500- 4300 BCE. It has the largest copper assemblage of the fifth millennium BC in the steppes (373 objects) and the largest assemblage of sacrificed domesticated animals (at least 106 sheep-goat, 29 cattle, and 16 horses); and it produced four polished stone maces from well-documented grave contexts. The human skeletons have been sampled extensively for ancient DNA, the basis for an analysis of family relationships. This report compiles information from the relevant Russian-language publications and from the archaeologists who excavated the site, two of whom are co-authors, about the history of excavations, radiocarbon dates, copper finds, domesticated animal sacrifices, polished stone maces, genetic and skeletal studies, and relationships with other steppe cultures as well as agricultural cultures of the North Caucasus (Svobodnoe-Meshoko) and southeastern Europe (Varna and Cucuteni-Tripol'ye B1). Khvalynsk is described as a coalescent culture, integrating and combining northern and southern elements, a hybrid that can be recognized genetically, in cranio-facial types, in exchanged artifacts, and in social segments within the cemetery. Stone maces symbolized the unification and integration of socially defined segments at Khvalynsk.}, keywords = {ORIGINS; ancient DNA; INSIGHTS; ARCHAEOLOGY; chronology; anthropology; steppe; Eneolithic; Subsistence; mortuary archaeology; GENOMIC HISTORY; Russian steppe; ritual sacrifice; copper metallurgy}, year = {2022}, eissn = {1613-0804}, pages = {22-67} } @article{MTMT:33242155, title = {The lords of the Amber Road: amber storage, distribution and processing in the early Iron Age and the La Tène period}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33242155}, author = {Dulęba, Przemysław and Markiewicz, Joanna Ewa}, doi = {10.1515/pz-2022-2028}, journal-iso = {PRAEHIST Z}, journal = {PRAEHISTORISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT}, volume = {0}, unique-id = {33242155}, issn = {0079-4848}, abstract = {In its early Iron Age heyday, amber items were in widespread use all along the Amber Road. The amount, type and deposition patterns of the amber accessories varied between the particular traditions, reaching lavish standards in some of the Hallstatt graves. As the disintegration of the Hallstatt communities north of the Sudetes disrupted the connection between the Baltic coast societies and the La Tène civilisation in the south, the early La Tène period saw a dramatic decline in the amber exchange and a significant decrease in the amount of amber deposited in archaeological contexts. While in the north the amber gradually fell into disfavour, the La Tène civilisation had never abandoned it. At the same time, its deposition contexts, distribution and symbolic load seem to have changed over time.}, year = {2022}, eissn = {1613-0804}, pages = {1-28} } @article{MTMT:32070955, title = {The Liminal Passage. A Final Bronze Age hoard found in Dolany-Nové Sady – “Sádek”, District Olomouc (CZ)}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32070955}, author = {Mírová, Zuzana and Fojtík, Pavel}, doi = {10.1515/pz-2021-0015}, journal-iso = {PRAEHIST Z}, journal = {PRAEHISTORISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT}, volume = {2021}, unique-id = {32070955}, issn = {0079-4848}, year = {2021}, eissn = {1613-0804}, pages = {101-124} }