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Early and Middle Bronze Age Chronology of the Carpathian Basin Revisited

Questions Answered or Persistent Challenges

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ID7519396
AuthorsRobert Staniuk (0000-0002-9941-1875, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume63
Issue5
Pages1525-1546
Publication date2021-09-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRadiocarbon (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-8222 • E-ISSN: 1945-5755
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/rdc.2021.83
OpenAlexW3204541135
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited23

The Early and Middle Bronze Age in the Carpathian Basin is often viewed as a long period of transition from a dispersed form of land occupation to one of increasing aggregation, ultimately resulting in the formation of tell settlements and large cemeteries. This developmental trajectory remains a legacy of early 20th century archaeology, where the similarity of material culture recovered from cemeteries and settlements was used to develop a multi-linear scheme of progression of regional chronologies tied to specific archaeological cultures. While typologically conclusive, the recent increase in the availability of radiocarbon determinations suggests that these sequences represent a priori interpretation of social development rather than empirically verified observations. In order to do so, it is necessary to re-evaluate the existing dataset in order to determine whether the formation of tells was a chronologically contemporary development and whether the regional chronological sequences are supported by independent dating

Archaeology · Bronze Age · Chronology · Geography · Human settlement · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Pannonian basin · Period (music · Prehistory · Radiocarbon dating · Structural basin · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Geology · Paleontology

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