A Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve 2015., Új folyam 2. (Szeged, 2015)

RÉGÉSZET - Szeverényi Vajk - Priskin Anna - Czukor Péter - Torma Andrea - Tóth Anikó: Élelmiszertermelés, település és társadalom a késő bronzkorban Délkelet-Magyarországon: esettanulmány Csanádpalota-Földvár erődített település alapján

Szeverényi - Priskin - Czukor - Torma - Tóth

Subsistence, settlement and society in the Late Bronze Age

Subsistence, settlement and society in the Late Bronze Age of southeast Hungary: a case study from the fortified settlement of Csanádpalota-Földvár

Vajk Szeverényi- Anna Priskin - Péter Czukor Andrea Torma - Anikó Tóth

Recent research has demonstrated that around 1300-1100 BC, the southern part of the Great Pannonian Plain is characterized by the emergence of a series of massive fortified settlements. This substantial change in settlement patterns indicates important social and economic transformations in the region, the nature of which, however, remains unknown yet. Furthermore, the function of these settlements is debated to some degree, as they have not yet yielded substantial domestic remains (houses), and their interpretations as refugia or ritual centres is also possible. We address this issue through the analysis of the remains of the subsistence economy from Csanádpalota-Földvár, southeast

Hungary. We present the preliminary results of the palaeobotanical and archaeozoological analyses, complemented with the study of agricultural macrolithic implements. The results are then compared to those from other contemporary sites in the Carpathian Basin and southeast Europe. The exploitation of animals follows a general Bronze Age pattern in the region. Plant cultivation shows more diversity in the period. It seems that the practices at Csanádpalota follow wider European trends in some aspects, while diverge considerably in others. Both types of remains as well as macrolithic tools confirm the presence of special depositions at the site that were probably the result of ritual activities.

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