History of the Bronze Age Habitation

Studien zur Archäologie in Ostmitteleuropa/Studia nad Pradziejami Europy Środkowej, 2018

The Kakucs-Turján archaeological site was investigated by a Polish-Hungarian-German research team of archaeologists and various specialists. This volume contains the first, preliminary results of their work, giving the reader an insight into the complex history of the Bronze Age settlement and its economic activities as reflected in the multi-layered stratigraphy of the site. The currently analysed materials from Kakucs-Turján may help to indicate the basic parameters of the development and functioning of the Middle Bronze Age Vatya culture; on the one hand strongly based on local tradition, on the other contextualized within a wider network covering the Carpathian Basin.

Jaeger, M., Kirleis, W., Kiss, V., Kulcsár, G., Müller, J., Staniuk, R., Taylor, N., 2018. Kakucs Archaeological Expedition, in: Jaeger, M., Kulcsár, G., Taylor, N., Staniuk, R. (Eds.), Kakucs-Turján - a Middle Bronze Age multi-layered fortified settlement in Central Hungary, Habelt, Bonn, pp. 13-25. The Kakucs-Turján archaeological site was investigated by a Polish-Hungarian-German research team of archaeologists and various specialists. This volume contains the rst, preliminary results of their work, giving the reader an insight into the complex history of the Bronze Age settlement and its economic activities as reeected in the multi-layered stratigraphy of the site. The currently analysed materials from Kakucs-Turján may help to indicate the basic parameters of the development and functioning of the Middle Bronze Age Vatya culture; on the one hand strongly based on local tradition, on the other contextualized within a wider network covering the Carpathian Basin.

in: Jaeger M., Kulcsár G., Taylor N., Staniuk R. (eds.) Kakucs-Turján a Middle Bronze Age multi-layered fortified settlement in Central Hungary (SAO/SPEŚ series, Bonn), 2018

Kakucs-Turján. Eds: M. Jaeger – G. Kulcsár – N. Taylor – R. Staniuk. Studien zur Archäologie in Ostmitteleuropa 18. Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, pp. 119–136., 2018

in: Żurkiewicz D. (ed.), Treasures of Time. Research of the Faculty of Archaeology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2022

Investigations of the settlement of Kakucs-Turján have applied a multi-disciplinary approach to recognize the everyday reality of communities living in Early and Middle Bronze Age Hungary. Field prospection and preliminary excavations allowed characterization of the overall site parameters, while the subsequent excavation seasons provided evidence of a complex settlement history wherein a major transition from behaviors producing a flat to a multilayered site was identified as a major turning point. Analyses of material culture and botanical remains point to stable lifestyles and subsistence practices across generations of inhabitation of the settlement within which differential access to exotic resources and non-local objects was part of the way of life. This paper provides a state-of-the-art overview summarizing the main findings of the focal points of research at Kakucs-Turján.

in: Jaeger M., Kulcsár G., Taylor N., Staniuk R. (eds.) Kakucs-Turján a Middle Bronze Age multi-layered fortified settlement in Central Hungary (SAO/SPEŚ series, Bonn), 2018

in: Jaeger M., Kulcsar G., Taylor N., Staniuk R. (eds): Kakucs-Turján, a Middle Bronze Age multi-layered fortified settlement in Central Hungary. Studien zur Archaologie in Ostmitteleuropa, vol. 18. In kommision bei dr Rudolf Habelt GnbH