Zalai Múzeum 13. Németh József 70 éves (Zalaegerszeg, 2004)

Bánffy Eszter: Újkőkori és rézkori megtelepülés a Kerka völgyében

20 Bánffy Eszter Becker, С. et al (eds.): Chronos. Beitràge zur pràhistorischen Archâologie zwischen Nord- und Südosteuropa. Festschrift für Bernhard Hânsel. Espelkamp, 165-180. SAVEL 1991 Savel I. Arheoloska Topografija Slovenije. Topografsko Podrosje XX (Prekmurje) Ljubljana. SAVEL 1992 Savel, I.: Bukovnica - rezultati terenskih raziskav v letih 1987-88 (Bukovnica - Résultat der Ausgrabungen in den Jahren 1987-1988) Porocilo... v Sloveniji XX, 57-86. The Kerka valley microregional research programme, carried out between 1995 and 1998, has been already the third such investigation in Western Transdanubia. In the course of the field survey, sondages, larger scale excavations and scientific analyses, a series of new prehistoric sites could be found and processed. The full research results are to be published in a monographic form: (E. Bánffy, éd.): Archaeology and Settlement History of the Kerka valley - SWHungary. Antaeus 28. In this study, the dense neolithic and chalcolithic settlement history of the study area is discussed. As compared to the earlier, Little Balaton and Hahót valley programmes, some remarkable differences can be observed, regarding the transitional SCHIER 2000 Schier, W.: Vorgeschichtliche Besiedlung südliches Maindreieck. Materialhefte zur Bayerischen Vorgeschichte A, 60. Nürnberg-München. T. NÉMETH 1994 G. T. Németh: Neolithikus település Lébény határában. JAMÉ 36: 241-26.1 WHITTLE 1996 Whittle, A.: Europe in the Neolithic. The creation of new worlds. Cambridge World Archaeology, Cambridge. sites at the formulation period of the Linear Pottery culture, showing various Balkanic early neolithic and possibly some local late mesolithic elements; also the „niche"-like settling in the Linear Pottery period, and the entire lacking of any late neolithic (Lengyel culture) traces. Similarities with the two earlier programmes can also be documented, such as the relatively large number of small, provisional BalatonLasinja settlements and the lack of Baden sites, due to the westerly location of the Kerka valley. In this way, the comparison of several „microregions" can lead to some general inferences about a larger, „macro-region", Zala County and Western Transdanubia. Translated by Eszter Bánffy Neolithic and chalcolithic settling in the Kerka valley Abstract