Bronze age tell communities in context: An exploration into culture, society, and the study of European prehistory. part 2 practice - the social, space, and materiality

Abstract

This book would not have been possible without the generous help and cooperation of my friends and colleagues Klára P. Fischl, University of Miskolc, and Tamás Pusztai, Hungarian National Museum Budapest, from our joint BORBAS project (Borsod Region Bronze Age Settlement). To Klára, in particular, I owe much that I know about Bronze Age tells in the Carpathian Basin, many months of most enjoyable fieldwork on the sites we study on the Borsod plain, and the opportunity to work in their fascinating country. Antonio Blanco-González, University of Salamanca, shares the theoretical interest in tell-living and materiality. I am indebted to him for his comments on an earlier draft of the argument in chapter II of this study, and for the many discussions we had in the run-up to the tell session we organised at the 24th Annual Meeting of the EAA at Barcelona 2018, and in subsequently preparing this meeting for print. Thanks are also due to Alexandra Gavan, Cologne, and Marian A. Lie, Iasi and Cologne, from our joint Toboliu project in north-western Romania for our long-standing cooperation and support on numerous occasions. To Marian, in particular, I am indebted for joining our 2018 BORBAS fieldwork at Emod-Nagyhalom and for the many discussions we had on the radiocarbon dates from the site. For their support and their cooperation in our fieldwork on tell sites in north-western Romania I also wish to extend my sincere thanks to Liviu Marta, Satu Mare, Florin Gogâltan, Cluj-Napoca, and Gruia Fazeca?, Oradea.