Some Balaton-Lasinja graves from Veszprém-Jutasi Út and an outline chronology for the earlier Copper Age in Western Hungary

Regenye, J., Oross, K., Bánffy, E., Dunbar, E. , Friedrich, R., Bayliss, A., Beavan, N., Gaydarska, B. and Whittle, A. (2022) Some Balaton-Lasinja graves from Veszprém-Jutasi Út and an outline chronology for the earlier Copper Age in Western Hungary. Documenta Praehistorica, 49, pp. 280-299. (doi: 10.4312/dp.49.4)

Abstract

A handful of new radiocarbon dates from three Balaton-Lasinja culture graves at the site of Veszprém-Jutasi út in western Hungary form the starting point for formal models for late Lengyel and post-Lengyel chronology in that region. The graves date to the later fifth millennium cal BC. They provide the opportunity to put the earlier Copper Age Balaton-Lasinja culture of Transdanubia into its regional and wider context, and to highlight both gradually improving understanding of its character and remaining problems of chronology and classification. The Balaton-Lasinja culture was part of a whole series of regional shifts in settlement and society connected to the end of the Neolithic and the demise of major settlement aggregations which had dominated lifestyles in previous centuries. This study indicates how much further detailed research continues to be needed to get fully to grips with this set of important changes, which run on into the Copper Age. Contrasts are drawn between western and eastern Hungary, and the uncertainties surrounding the chronology of the fourth millennium cal BC, including for the Furchenstich pottery style, are emphasised.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Dunbar, Dr Elaine
• Authors: Regenye, J., Oross, K., Bánffy, E., Dunbar, E., Friedrich, R., Bayliss, A., Beavan, N., Gaydarska, B., and Whittle, A.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
• Journal Name: Documenta Praehistorica
• Publisher: University of Ljubljana Faculty of Arts
• ISSN: 1408-967X
• ISSN (Online): 1854-2492
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2022 Judit Regenye, Krisztián Oross, Eszter Bánffy, Elaine Dunbar, Ronny Friedrich, Alex Bayliss, Nancy Beavan, Bisserka Gaydarska, Alasdair Whittle
• First Published: First published in Documenta Praehistorica 49:280-299
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons license