Gáva-Holigrady culture
Geographical rangeHungary, Slovakia, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine
PeriodBronze Age, Iron Age
Dates13th century - 9th century BC
Preceded byVatya culture, Noua-Sabatinovka culture
Followed byHallstatt culture, Thracians, Thraco-Cimmerians
Gava culture pottery from the Teleac hillfort, Romania.[1]

The Gáva-Holigrady culture was a late Bronze Age culture of Eastern Slovakia, Western Ukraine (Zakarpats'ka Oblast and Dnister river basin), Northwestern Romania, Moldova, and Northeastern Hungary.

It is considered a subtype of the Urnfield culture.

Gava-Holigrady culture is named after an archaeological settlement Gava in Northeastern Hungary and an archaeological site Holigrady (Голігради) in Ukrainian Ternopil Oblast.

In Slovakia, the culture originated in the early 12th century BC.

Gáva people lived in settlements and hillforts that they built in the Slovakian and Transylvanian uplands.

Gava-Holigrad people are considered to be of Thracian ethnicity.

Lăpuş Group

The Lăpuş Group is considered to be a Romanian counterpart of the Gáva-Holigrady culture.[2]

References

  1. Hansen, Svend (2019). "The Hillfort of Teleac and Early Iron in Southern Europe". In Hansen, Svend; Krause, Rüdiger (eds.). Bronze Age Fortresses in Europe. Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, Bonn. p. 205.
  2. Boardman, John, ed. (1983). The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume III (PDF). Cambridge University Press. p. 63. ISBN 0521224969. The Lăpuş group of Crisana-Maramures, which is the Romanian counterpart of the Gava (Hungary) and Holihrady (Slovakia) cultures
  3. Metzner-Nebelsick, Carola (2012). "Channelled pottery in Transylvania and beyond – ritual and chronological aspects". In ASTALOŞ, Ciprian (ed.). THE GÁVA CULTURE IN THE TISA PLAIN AND TRANSYLVANIA. EDITURA MUZEULUI SĂTMĂREAN. pp. 65–81.
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