Bikeri - Two Early Copper-Age Villages on the Great Hungarian Plain (Hardcover)

This edited book describes the multi-disciplinary research conducted by the Koeroes Regional Archaeological Project in southeastern Hungary from 2000-2007. Centred around two Early Copper Age Tiszapolgar culture villages in the Koeroes Region of the Great Hungarian Plain, Veszto-Bikeri and Koeroesladany-Bikeri, the research incorporated excavation, surface collection, geophysical survey and soil chemistry to investigate settlement layout and organization. The transition from the Neolithic period to the Copper Age in the northern Balkans and the Carpathian Basin was marked by significant changes in material culture, settlement layout and organization, and mortuary practices that indicate fundamental social transformations in the middle of the fifth millennium BC. Prior research into the Late Neolithic of the region focused almost exclusively on fortified 'tell' settlements. The Early Copper Age, by contrast, was known primarily from cemeteries such as the type site of Tiszapolgar-Basatanya. The Project's results yielded the first extensive, systematically collected datasets from Early Copper Age settlements on the Great Hungarian Plain. The two adjacent villages at Bikeri, located only 70 m apart, were similar in size, and both were protected with fortifications. Relative and absolute dates demonstrate that they were occupied sequentially during the Early Copper Age, from ca. 4600-4200 cal B.C. The excavated assemblages from the sites are strikingly similar, suggesting that both were occupied by the same community. This process of settlement relocation after only a few generations breaks from the longer-lasting settlement pattern that are typical of the Late Neolithic.

General

Imprint:	Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Monumenta Archaeologica
Release date:	October 2021
Editors:	William A. Parkinson • Attila Gyucha • Richard W. Yerkes
Dimensions:	285 x 222 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	446
ISBN-13:	978-1-950446-16-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	1-950446-16-6
Barcode:	9781950446162

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!