Agria 43. (Az Egri Múzeum Évkönyve - Annales Musei Agriensis, 2007)

Viga Gyula: Zemplén mezőgazdálkodásának néprajzi jellegéhez

Different terrains saw the adoption of differing modes of cultivation, some of which were more widespread than others. These can be divided up into three distinct cultural geographical and ethnographical zones. First there is the flat landscape of the Bodrogköz to the south, where one finds sites dating from the period of the Hungarian Conquest, and other exclusively Hungarian finds characterised by large-scale animal husbandry and farming. On the southern slopes of the Zemplén there is evidence of intensive vine growing, and a mixed population containing German and Ruthenian elements. In Tokaj and the wineproducing market towns one finds Greek traders, whose viniculture may also have benefited from the arrival of French-Walloon settlers. The final region, positioned behind this wine-producing area was inhabited by settlers of Slovak and Ruthenian origin, the Slovak villages constituting two distinct groups. The considerable movement of people between the individual regions not only filled gaps in the labour market, but disseminated skills and work practices. 84