Gáva-Holigrady culture
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The Gáva-Holigrady culture was a late Bronze Age culture of Eastern Slovakia, Western Ukraine (Zakarpats'ka Oblast and Dnister river basin), Northwestern Romania, Moldova, and Northeastern Hungary.
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Geographical range | Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine |
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Period | Bronze Age, Iron Age |
Dates | 13th century - 9th century BC |
Preceded by | Vatya culture, Noua-Sabatinovka culture |
Followed by | Hallstatt culture, Thracians, Thraco-Cimmerians |
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See also: Bronze Age Hungary and Bronze Age Romania
It is considered a subtype of the Urnfield culture.
Gava-Holigrady culture is named after an archaeological settlement Gava in northeastern Hungary and an archaeological site Holigrady (Голігради) in Ukrainian Ternopil Oblast.
In Slovakia, the culture originated in the early 12th century BC.
Gáva people lived in settlements and hillforts that they built in the Slovakian and Transylvanian uplands.
Gava-Holigrad people are considered to be of Thracian ethnicity.[citation needed]