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Súčasný stav poznania kultúry zvoncovitých pohárov na juhozápadnom Slovensku

Title in English Current State of Research of the Bell Beaker Culture in South-Western Slovakia
Authors

BÁTORA Jozef TÓTH Peter

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Musaica archaeologica
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Web https://fphil.uniba.sk/fileadmin/fif/katedry_pracoviska/karch/MusArch/1_1/129-154.pdf
Field Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
Keywords SouthWestern Slovakia; Bell Beaker culture; settlement network; settlement strategy; GIS; statistical analysis; environment
Description The Final Eneolithic in the territory of South-Western Slovakia belongs to one of the most dynamic periods of the prehistoric development. In this area were distributed several archaeological cultures, including the Bell Beaker culture, which contributed to a complicated cultural-historical mosaic. In the presented study is summarized almost 85 years of archaeological research of this period with the focus on the reconstruction of the settlement network. The analysis of the settlement patterns, with the use of the geographical information systems and multivariate statistical methods, showed that settlement strategies of the Bell Beaker, Kosihy-Čaka-Makó and Somogyvár-Vinkovci cultures was quite similar which points out towards the same requirements for the environment. Very important catalyst of the social development was the metallurgy of the non-ferrous metals (especially copper).

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