The Nagyrév culture was a

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culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...

that existed in what is now Nagyrév,

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. It existed alongside the

Vatya culture The Vatya culture was an archaeological culture of the Early to Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000-1400 BC), located in the central Danube basin in Hungary. The culture developed from the Nagyrév culture with influences from the Kisapostag culture. It ...

and

Hatvan Hatvan ( German: ''Hottwan)'' is a town in Heves County, Hungary. Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". It is the county's third most populous town following Eger and Gyöngyös. Etymology Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". It is a com ...

cultures and was eventually superseded by the latter.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 earliest phase of the culture is also known as the Makó culture.

The site

Nagyrév was located on the left bank of the

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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.

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 0704.jpg, Bronze axe 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 2600-2000BC Mako culture Buda IMG 0973.JPG File:2008.09.26.Szolnok 043.jpg, Pottery File:Bronze age 2000-1200BC Nagyrev culture IMG 0995 03.JPG, Ceramic vessel. File:SAXTell.JPG,

Százhalombatta-Földvár The Bronze Age site of Százhalombatta-Földvár is situated on the right bank of the Danube, near the town of Százhalombatta, 30 km south of Budapest in Hungary. It is one of the largest temperate tell settlements from this period in cent ...

fortified settlement site, Hungary.

References

External links

Image of Nagyrev PotteryA house of the Nagyrév cultureBronzkor: Bronze Age artefacts from HungaryHungarian archaeology at the turn of the Millennium, p.144
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagyrév culture Archaeological cultures of Europe Bronze Age cultures of Europe Archaeological cultures in Hungary