The Nagyrév culture was a
Bronze-Age
The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second prin ...
culture
Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups ...
that existed in what is now
Nagyrév
Nagyrév is a village in Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok, central Hungary. It was the location of the Nagyrév culture.
Between 1914 and 1929, a large group of female villagers calling themselves " the Angel Makers of Nagyrév" systematically poisoned t ...
,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
. It existed alongside the
Vatya culture and
Hatvan
Hatvan is a town in Heves county, Hungary. Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty".
Etymology
Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". It is a common urban legend that the town got this name because it is 60 km from Budapest, but in fact the na ...
cultures and was eventually superseded by the latter. The main style of pottery was a one or two handed cup with a tall funnel neck that is made in a black burnished ware.
The site
Nagyrév was located on the left bank of the
Tisza
The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa, is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. Once, it was called "the most Hungarian river" because it flowed entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders.
The Tisza be ...
which was at the western edge of a flood plain.
[Marietta Csányi]
"BURIALS AROUND NAGYRÉV–ZSIDÓHALOM", p. 145.
Magyar Régész Szövetség. Sand dunes and other mounds of earth indicated to archaeologists that burials were done in groups, sometimes with up to 6 or 7 buried in one area.
Findings
Most burials were of cremated remains and the ashes would either be spread on the ground of the site or occasionally placed in urns. Most graves contained up to fourteen pottery pieces that held food, water and other possessions for the journey to the after life.
Pottery vessels were decorated with geometric designs with a symbolic meaning. Some pots with diamond, square or arm like looking shapes were painted around the circumference of the vessels. These burials suggest that families were buried together and even close friends to the family were buried near each other.
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Gallery
File:Bronze age 2000-1200BC Nagyrev culture IMG 0995 09.JPG, Bronze necklace
File:Bronze age 2000-1200BC Nagyrev culture IMG 0995 12.JPG, Bronze ornaments
File:Bronze age 2000-1200BC Nagyrev culture IMG 0995 11.JPG, Bronze ornaments
File:Early bronze age hungary BHM IMG 0711.jpg, Bronze ornament
File:Middle bronze age hungary BHM IMG 0706.jpg, Cups
File:Bronze age 2000-1200BC Nagyrev culture IMG 0995 04.JPG, Cups
File:Middle bronze age hungary BHM IMG 0708.jpg, Ceramic vessel
File:Bronze age 2000-1200BC Nagyrev culture IMG 0995 03.JPG, Ceramic vessel.
References
External links
Image of Nagyrev Pottery
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Archaeological cultures of Central Europe
Bronze Age cultures of Europe
Archaeological cultures in Hungary