TY  - JOUR
AU  - Tóth, Csaba Albert
AU  - Rákóczi, Attila
AU  - Tóth, Sándor
TI  - Protection of the State of Prehistoric Mounds in Hungary: Law as a Conservation Measure
JF  - Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites
J2  - Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites
VL  - 20
PY  - 2018
IS  - 3
SP  - 113
EP  - 142
PG  - 30
SN  - 1350-5033
DO  - 10.1080/13505033.2018.1486125
UR  - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/30309605
ID  - 30309605
AB  - According to the Act of 1996 on nature protection, mounds (kurgans) are natural monuments protected nationally in Hungary. According to the law, all kurgans in Hungary were to be surveyed by 2002, and 1692 were included in the cadastre. Fewer than half of the kurgans remained intact due to numerous anthropogenic impacts. A high number of disturbing artificial buildings together with soil erosion, soil removal, and afforestation have significantly reduced the landscape value of kurgans. In 2002, 51.5% of the surveyed kurgans still represented some kind of a value and thus their protection became one of the most urgent tasks of nature conservation and archaeology. According to a Hungarian ministerial decree, established on the basis of an EU Council decree, the area of kurgans under cultivation must be removed from cultivation. By 2015, in the area of 90% of the kurgans under cultivation this land use, which caused significant erosion, was terminated.
LA  - English
DB  - MTMT
ER  -