Tiszapolgár culture
4500–4000 BC European archaeological culture / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Tiszapolgár culture (4500–4000 BC) was an Eneolithic archaeological culture in Central Europe in the Carpathian Basin, in the Great Hungarian Plain. It located in the territory of present-day Eastern Hungary, in Eastern Slovakia, in Transcarpathia in Ukraine, and in Western Romania.
Horizon | Old Europe |
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Period | Eneolithic, Chalcolithic |
Dates | 4500-4000 BC |
Preceded by | Tisza culture, Vinča culture |
Followed by | Bodrogkeresztúr culture |
The type site Tiszapolgár-Basatanya is a town in northeastern Hungary (Polgár). It is a continuation of the earlier Neolithic Tisza culture. The type site Româneşti is located in the Româneşti-Tomeşti, Timiș County, Romania.
Most of the information about the Tiszapolgár culture comes from cemeteries; over 150 individual graves have been being excavated at Tiszapolgár-Basatanya. The pottery is unpainted but often polished and frequently decorated.
In 2022 a trove of 169 gold rings was found in Romania, in the burial of a high-status woman belonging to the Tiszapolgár culture. The trove was described as "a sensational find for the period".[1]