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Social formation and collapse in the Tisza-Maros region: dating the Maros Group and its Late Bronze Age successors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2019

John M. O'Shea ,
Györgyi Parditka ,
Amy Nicodemus ,
Kristian Kristiansen ,
Karl-Göran Sjögren ,
László Paja ,
György Pálfi  and
Lidija Milašinović
John M. O'Shea*
Affiliation:
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, University of Michigan, 3010 School of Education Building, 610 East University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1259, USA
Györgyi Parditka
Affiliation:
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, University of Michigan, 3010 School of Education Building, 610 East University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1259, USA
Amy Nicodemus
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 435 Wimberly Hall, 1725 State Street, La Crosse, WI 54601, USA
Kristian Kristiansen
Affiliation:
Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg, Eklandagatan 86, 412 61 Göteborg, Sweden
Karl-Göran Sjögren
Affiliation:
Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg, Eklandagatan 86, 412 61 Göteborg, Sweden
László Paja
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Szeged, Közép Fasor 52, Szeged H-6723, Hungary
György Pálfi
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Szeged, Közép Fasor 52, Szeged H-6723, Hungary
Lidija Milašinović
Affiliation:
National Museum of Kikinda, Trg Srpskih Dobrovoljaca 21, 23300 Kikinda, Serbia
*
*Author for correspondence (Email: joshea@umich.edu)
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Abstract

Radiocarbon dating is paramount for chronologically defining the rise of polities in the Middle Bronze Age Carpathian Basin. This article presents a suite of new radiocarbon dates obtained from sites associated with the Early and Middle Bronze Age Maros Group, and its Late Bronze Age successors in the Tisza-Maros region of south-east Hungary, western Romania and northern Serbia. The results indicate tight chronological synchronisation of Middle Bronze Age settlements and cemeteries in the Maros region, while confirming the accuracy of ceramic-based relative chronology for the Szőreg cemetery.

Keywords

HungarySerbiaRomaniaBronze AgeMaros GroupTumulus Culture
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Research
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Antiquity , Volume 93 , Issue 369 , June 2019 , pp. 604 - 623
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2019 

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