Tiszapolgár culture

The Tiszapolgár culture or Tiszapolgár-Româneşti culture (3300–3100 BC) was an Eneolithic archaeological culture of the Great Hungarian Plain, the Banat, Eastern Slovakia and Ukrainian Zakarpattia Oblast in Central Europe.

Eneolithic cultures of Southeastern Europe, with major archaeological sites (including typesites)

The type site Tiszapolgár-Basatanya is a locality in northeastern Hungary (Polgár). It is a continuation of the earlier Neolithic Tisza culture. The type site Româneşti is in the Româneşti-Tomeşti locality, Timiș County, Romania.

Most of the information about the Tiszapolgár culture comes from cemeteries; over 150 individual graves have been being excavated at Tiszapolgár-Basatanya. The pottery is unpainted, but often polished and frequently decorated.

Genetics

In a 2017 genetic study published in Nature, the remains of five individuals ascribed to the Tiszapolgár culture was analyzed. Of the five samples of Y-DNA extracted, three belonged to G2a2b and a subclade of it, and two belonged to I2a and a subclade of it. Of the five samples of mtDNA extracted, three belonged to T21c, one belonged to H26, and one belonged to H1.[1][2]

See also

Bibliography


  1. Lipson 2017.
  2. Narasimhan 2019.
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