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Berzsényi, B. (2009) Prehistoric food and plant resources from the Middle Bronze Age tell site of Százhalombatta-Földvár in Pest County (the Budapest hinterland, Hungary). In: Morel, J. P. and Mercuri, A. (eds.) Plants and Culture: seeds of the cultural heritage of Europe. Centro Europeo per i Beni
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Sørensen, M.L.S. and Vicze, M. (2013) Locating Household Activities on a Bronze Age Tell. In: Madella, M., Kovács, G., Kulcsárné-Berzsényi, B. and Briz i Godino, I. (eds.) The Archaeology of Household. Oxbow Books, Oxford, UK. pp.
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settlements from this period in central Europe. Excavation at the site is ongoing and producing substantial new data revealing a detailed and hitherto unknown picture of Bronze Age life from 2000-1400 BC.
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The site of Százhalombatta is 200 m by 100 m in area. It is estimated that up to two thirds of the original area was destroyed during clay extraction by a local brick factory and by
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from which there are only a few traces. Occupation layers at the site are up to 6 m deep. Finds from the site include pottery, daub, plaster, metalwork, moulds, loom weights,
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Kovács, G. (2011) Régészeti talaj-mikromorfológia. Antropogén rétegek talaj-mikromorfológiai vizsgálata, Matrica Füzetek III, „Matrica” Múzeum, Százhalombatta, 56 p
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Vicze, M. (2004) Excavation methodology on the Százhalombatta Project, In: Kisfaludi, J. (ed.) Archaeological Investigations in Hungary 2002. Budapest, 131-146.
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Vicze, M. and Poroszlai, I. (eds.) (2000) Százhalombatta Archaeological Expedition (SAX) Annual Report I. Százhalombatta.
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Vicze, M. and Poroszlai, I. (eds.) (2005) Százhalombatta Archaeological Expedition. Report 2. Százhalombatta.
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from the River Danube. The Bronze Age settlement was built on a bluff with valleys to north and south, the
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site Százhalombatta-Földvár, I. 1989-1991. II. 1991-1993. In: Poroszlai-Vicze ed., SAX Annual Report I.
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Earle, T. and Kristiansen, K. (eds.) (2010) Organizing Bronze Age Societies. Cambridge: CUP.
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to the east and it was fortified with a ditch to the west, a feature common to other
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http://www.matricamuzeum.hu/knowledgebase/scientific-life/researches
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Poroszlai, I. (2000) Excavation campaigns on the Bronze Age
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Excavation at the site is directed by Dr Magdolna Vicze (
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47°20′22″N 18°56′46″E / 47.339573°N 18.946166°E / 47.339573; 18.946166
Bronze Age Hungary
Bronze Age
Danube
Százhalombatta
Budapest
Hungary
temperate
tell

erosion
River Danube
Vatya culture
tells
Benta valley
Early Bronze Age
Nagyrév culture
Urnfield
Late Bronze Age
bone tools
antler
lithics
amber
thatch
crabapples
phytoliths
charcoal
coprolites
Matrica Museum
Marie Louise Stig Sørensen

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