Tisza culture
| Horizon | Old Europe |
|---|---|
| Geographical range | Central Europe, Pannonian Plain |
| Period | Neolithic, Chalcolithic |
| Dates | c. 5400 BC – 4500 BC |
| Preceded by | Linear Pottery culture, Starčevo culture |
| Followed by | Tiszapolgár culture, Lengyel culture |
The Tisza culture is a Neolithic archaeological culture of the Alföld plain in modern-day Hungary, Western Romania, Eastern Slovakia, and Ukrainian Zakarpattia Oblast in Central Europe. The culture is dated to between 5400 BCE and 4500/4400 BCE.[1][2]
Artefacts
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Anthropomorphic pottery -
![Ceramic altar, 5300-5200 BC.[3]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Autel_sacrificiel_Szeged.jpg/130px-Autel_sacrificiel_Szeged.jpg)
Ceramic altar, 5300-5200 BC.[3] -
Tisza pottery -
Modern sculpture depicting the Szegvár-Tűzkövesi idol
![Ceramic altar, 5300-5200 BC.[3]](File:Autel_sacrificiel_Szeged.jpg)
House reconstruction
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![Tisza house reconstruction at Polgár-Csőszhalom, Hungary.[4][5]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Neolithic_house_in_the_M3_Archeopark.jpg/130px-Neolithic_house_in_the_M3_Archeopark.jpg)
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House interior, reconstruction -
House interior, reconstruction -
House interior, reconstruction -
House interior, reconstruction -
House interior, reconstruction
![Tisza house reconstruction at Polgár-Csőszhalom, Hungary.[4][5]](File:Neolithic_house_in_the_M3_Archeopark.jpg)
Genetics
[edit]Lipson et al. (2017) analyzed the remains of five individuals ascribed to the Tisza culture. The three males were G-P15, I-P37 and I-P215.[6] mtDNA extracted were various subclades of U, H, T, and K.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gimbutas, Marija (1991). The Civilization of the Goddess: The World of Old Europe. HarperSanFrancisco. p. 73. ISBN 0062503685.
- ^ "The Tisza culture (Tisza - Herpály - Csőszhalom) [Donau-Archäologie]". www.donau-archaeologie.de. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ^ "Ritual and Memory: Neolithic Era and Copper Age". Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. 2022.
- ^ Sebők, Katalin (2012). "Experimental reconstruction of a neolithic house at the Polgár-Csőszhalom settlement". Leaflet Prepared and Printed for the Occasion of the International Workshop "Chronologies, Lithics and Metals" Held at the Archaeological Institute of the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary Between 30.03 - 01.04. 2012.
- ^ Anders, Alexandra; Sebők, Katalin (2007). "Újkőkori ház kísérleti rekonstrukciója Polgár-Csőszhalom telepuléséről". Ősrégészeti Levelek/Prehistoric Newsletter 7 (2005), 24–49.
- ^ a b Lipson 2017.
- "Tisza culture". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Vol. 5. 1993. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- Lipson, Mark (November 16, 2017). "Parallel palaeogenomic transects reveal complex genetic history of early European farmers". Nature. 551 (7680). Nature Research: 368–372. Bibcode:2017Natur.551..368L. doi:10.1038/nature24476. PMC 5973800. PMID 29144465.
- Narasimhan, Vagheesh M. (September 6, 2019). "The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia". Science. 365 (6457). American Association for the Advancement of Science: eaat7487. bioRxiv 10.1101/292581. doi:10.1126/science.aat7487. PMC 6822619. PMID 31488661.
External links
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Media related to Tisza culture at Wikimedia Commons
- 'Face Pot', 5200–5000 BCE, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
- 'Face Pot', 5000–4500 BCE, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
- 'Male figurine', 5000–4500 BCE, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
- 'Female figurine', 5000–4500 BCE, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
- The large Tisza culture settlement of Szeghalom-Kovacshalom, Hungary, 4800 BC: A virtual tour
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