Viola T. Dobosi: Paleolithic Man in the Által-ér Valley (Tata, 1999)

Conclusion The Által-ér valley is an especially attractive corner of Hungary. Starting from early phase of the Palaeolithic period till our days the people of all archaeological and historical periods could find here favourable conditions for their living. We cannot speak of a physical continuity as the geological-anthropologicalarchaeological-historical changes of the past nearly half million years have essentially modified the natural and cultural image of the environment. It is, however, certain that people returned to this appealing and variable region, from the time of the Palaeolithic hunters till the age of modern industrial society. The present is our responsibility. Let us pay heed to the ideas of the poet Mihály Vörösmarty: „... a múltat tiszteld a jelenben, s tartsd a jövőnekV („... appreciate the past in the present and preserve it for the future!") Selected readings VÉRTES, László (ed.): Tata, eine mittelpaläolithische Travertinsiedlung in Ungarn. Budapest 1964. VÉRTES László: Az őskőkor és az átmeneti kőkor emlékei Magyarországon. [Relics of the Palaeolithic and the Mesolithic Period in Hungary] Budapest 1965. VÉRTES László: Kavics Ösvény. [Pebble Path] Gondolat, Budapest 1969. Gáboriné CSÁNK Vera: Az ősember Magyarországon [Prehistoric Man in Hungary] Gondolat, Budapest 1980. KRETZOI, Miklós- T. DOBOSI, Viola (eds).: Vértersszólős, Man, Site and Culture Budapest, 1990. LEAKY, Richard: The Origin of Humankind. New York: BasicBooks, 1994. 65