Agria 39. (Az Egri Múzeum Évkönyve - Annales Musei Agriensis, 2003)

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disposal for the mid-Neolithic period onwards. Indeed, with the exception of those for the late Neolithic tells, dates were lacking right up until the mid-1990s.

62 At the present time we only have С

14 measurement series at two sites: Mezőkövesd-Mocsolyás

63 and Füzesabony-Gubakút. We now turn our attention to N. Kalicz and J. Koós's work published in 2000, providing an important sequence of data from Mezőkövesd-Mocsolyás. Although there are 13 pieces of Neolithic data covering the period between 5580 and 5000 ВС, most data comes from the period between 5450 and 5200 ВС.

64 What they prove, together with the Gubakút data sequence described above, is that the ALP settlements probably existed over a longer period, probably being established during the middle of the century ending in 5500 ВС. Whilst this means that the Szatmár II sites really were the first ALP sites to come into existence, the С

14 data overwhelmingly supports N. Kalicz and J. Makkay's chronology, which was based on a more conventional dating system. At the same time it is interesting to note that the most recently published dating sequence from the Körös Culture sites only occasionally produces dates which could be contemporary with those at Gubakút and Mocsolyás, as the majority of 5800-5600 ВС datings seem too early.

65 In actual fact the most recent data shows that some Körös sites lasted for several hundreds of years, with only the 5600 and 5500 ВС dates (at one or two sites) anywhere near the earliest dates we have for Gubakút and Mocsolyás. There are of course later Körös dates as well which do lie close and may indeed overlap the earliest Gubakút and Mocsolyás dates to some extent. These are for the most part the results of earlier measurements.

66 The results at Méhtelek are for the most part around 5600-5500 ВС, as in the case of most of the protovinca dates in the Körös region.

67 The Vinca dates are, however, pretty late both at Vinca and other sites and it looks as though none can date from earlier than 5450 ВС.

68 As for the older LP circle, found mostly west of the Danube, the dates, whilst possibly being early, in more than one case perhaps going back to before 5700 ВС, have time intervals sometimes in excess of a thousand years.

69 It is for this reason that these dates are for the most part unusable. Many of them were gained from the charcoal which is in itself a cause for uncertainty as the tree in question may have grown for several hundreds of years before being cut down. Further distortions could be caused by a piece of wood which had previously been dead or taken from a central portion of tree. Nevertheless the Brunn-Wolfholz data sequence still remains interesting, despite the fact that it was almost totally made up of carbon samples, as the 5700-5050 ВС sigma 2 probability intervals achieved after calibration fitted reasonably well with the sample taken from animal bones at Füzesabony-Gubakút and MezőkövesdMocsolyás.

70 62 For the Tápé-Lebő A-Felsőhalom Szakáihát layers: GLÄSER, Roland 1995. 207., ill..9., for the Neolithic tells: HERTELENDI Ede ET AL. 1998. 659-665. 63 KALICZ Nándor-KOÓS Judit 2000. 68-69. 64 KALICZ Nándor-KOÓS Judit 2000. 68-69. 65 WHITTLE, Alasdair ET AL. 115-116. 66 GLÄSER, Roland 1991. 57. 67 KALICZ Nándor-MAKKAY János 1976. 23., GLÄSER, Roland 1991. 57. fig. 2a. 68 SCHIER, Wolfram 1996. 149., 159-162., GLÄSER, Roland 1996. 194-198. 69 LENNEIS, Eva-STADLER, Peter 1995. 6., fig. 5. 70 LENNEIS, Eva-STADLER, Peter 1995. 5., fig. 1. 24