Society in Transition: Cultural Change in the Early Bronze Age Cemetery at Nižná Myšl’a in the Light of Absolute Chronology

Abstract

The article presents the results of research on the absolute chronology of the Nižná Myšľa cemetery. Due to its scale and location in a key region of the Carpathian Basin, it should be considered one of the most important Early Bronze Age sites in Central Europe. Many years of archaeological research have so far failed to provide adequate data on absolute chronology. This text presents the results of statistical and spatial analyses on a series of newly acquired 14C dates. They allowed us to present a model of the spatial and chronological development of the funerary space and to capture the stage of significant cultural change associated with the adoption of a new raw material—bronze.

Two Bronze Age Miniature Wagon and Wheel Burials in Encs (North‐eastern Hungary)

“…According to radiocarbon dating, this burial could belong to the first phase of the cemetery, between 1865–1738 cal BC (Jaeger et al . 2022, 13, fig. 6).…”

“…2020, 245; Jaeger et al . 2022, 3). According to the preliminary observations in this burial ground, it seems possible that men were buried on their right sides and oriented to the west/north‐west, while women were placed on their left side and oriented to east/south‐east.…”

“…This phenomenon and the absence of cross‐cutting burials suggests that the graves could have been marked on the surface to indicate the position of the burials, as is suggested too for the Bronze Age cemetery of Nižná Myšľa (Jaeger et al . 2022, 5). At Encs, the depth of the burial pits varies from 10–160 cm, but generally, the graves of children are shallower, while the depths of adult graves are more variable (Mengyán and Dávid 2019).…”

An Argaric Tomb for a Carpathian ‘Princess’?

“…There are undoubtedly resemblances with the San Antón burial in both design and manufacture of the cones, and their distribution on the skeleton. In addition, the chronology is similar, as the Otomani-Füzesabony complex runs contemporary to Argaric society, based on radiocarbon dates (Jaeger et al 2022).…”

Society in Transition: Cultural Change in the Early Bronze Age Cemetery at Nižná Myšl’a in the Light of Absolute Chronology – Corrigendum

“…The rightmost two columns of Table 2 in the published version of this article (Jaeger et al 2022) have incorrect column headings. They appear with the headings δ 15 N % and δ 15 C %, respectively.…”