Alsónyék-Bátaszék: a new chapter in the research of Lengyel culture

Anett Osztás; István Zalai-Gaál; Eszter Bánffy

doi:10.4312/dp.39.27

Authors

Anett Osztás Institute of Archaeology, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
István Zalai-Gaál Institute of Archaeology, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Eszter Bánffy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.39.27

Keywords:

Late Neolithic, Lengyel culture, settlement structure, architecture, above-ground timber-framed buildings

Abstract

There can be no doubt that one of the major archaeological discoveries made in Hungary during the past ten years was the prehistoric settlement at Alsónyék–Bátaszék. The area was intermittently occupied from the Early Neolithic to the end of the Late Neolithic and the onset of the Copper Age. The prehistoric settlement attained its greatest extent during the Late Neolithic Lengyel period, as shown by the 2359 burials and over 100 post-framed buildings uncovered at the site. This preliminary report describes previous research on the architecture of the Late Neolithic Lengyel culture in Hungary and the Lengyel settlement at Alsónyék and its architecture.