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Az Abaúji régió társadalmi innovációs modellje
The volume presents the social innovation processes of the Abaúj region through a complex, lifecycle-based model, spanning from problem recognition to system-level impacts. Building on the theoretical and empirical research presented in the book, researchers from the Faculty of Economics of the…
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Történetmesélés a középkorban. A régi magyar exemplum repertóriuma
The medieval exemplum, as a rhetorical device, played a significant role in the development of prose genres across Europe. It accelerated the transformation of several classical forms, such as Aesopic fables, Eastern parables, ribald stories, and saints’ legends, and contributed to the emergence of…
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Az utolsó garabonciások. Tanulmányok és esszék a magyar ellenkultúra történetéből (1960-1996). In memoriam Kocsis Miklós
The homegrown counterculture that took shape under the one-party state is one of the great legends of Hungarian cultural life. Public lore preserves many truths about it (that Cseh Tamás really did work as a drawing teacher at first, for instance), still more half-truths (about how well he could…
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Vallás és társadalom Európában. A társadalmi terek, a politikai diskurzus és a vallásosság kapcsolata
In an increasingly diverse Europe, religion has become a progressively crucial factor in understanding social phenomena. A contributing factor to this is that migration has brought a large number of Muslim groups with diverse religious and cultural traditions into the region. On the other hand, the…
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The vegetation of the Roman province of Pannonia based on wood charcoal, pollen, anthracological and carpological studies (1st–5th century AD)
The Roman Empire ruled Pannonia—largely corresponding to today’s Transdanubia in Hungary—for nearly 500 years. This study reconstructs Roman-era vegetation and land use around Lake Balaton using pollen analysis, carpology, and anthracology. Pollen-based reconstruction from the sediment of Lake…
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On the functionality of vasa diatreta
This study re-evaluates the functionality and production context of Roman cage cups (vasa diatreta) through recently analysed fragments from Gorsium (Tác, Hungary), found in the apsidal audience hall of a Late Roman palace. The architectural setting, with clear administrative-imperial connotations…
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Some thoughts on five Mycenaean terracotta figurines from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest
The Collection of Classical Antiquities of the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, (hereafter MFAB) holds five terracotta figurines attributed to the Mycenaean culture: a Psi (T.737), a Kourotrophos (T.15), a female figurine sitting on a throne (T.5), a Linear Type 2 bovine figure of (93.15.A), and a…
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Not all Gorgons are Greek
The collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, holds an unpublished kylix fragment (Inv.no. 51.100) with an unusual depiction of the head of a Gorgon in its tondo. According to the museum’s records, the kylix was originally part of the painter Antal Haan’s collection. However, a thorough…
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A 13th-century headwear fragment with metal threads from southeastern Hungary nd the Bulgarian connections of Árpád Age headdresses
The study presents a 13th-century textile fragment interwoven with metal threads, found in 2000 in Grave 33 of Szentes-Kaján-Temetőhalom, a churchyard site in the South Great Plain. The site is situated in the northern part of Csongrád County, on the outskirts of Szentes, 13 km north of the town…
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Absolute dating of the Early/Pre-state Medieval date burial features in Muntenia (the 7th–14th century AD)
Our aim here is to firstly address the burial dynamics preceding the establishment of the medieval state south of the Carpathians from the view of absolute dating. In order to achieve this undertaking, we have taken samples from burial features spanning a period of more than seven centuries (the…
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Possible ways of use of medieval and early modern bone tools based on results of use-wear analysis, experimental archaeology, and ethnographic parallels
A demand has emerged in both Hungarian and international literature for research on the function of a group of rather diverse, yet broadly similar-looking objects made from the long bones of large ungulates, usually referred to as bone skates. These objects were made mainly from metacarpals…
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Pots for a purpose?
At the beginning of the Late Bronze Age (c. 1500 BC), the so‑called Tumulus culture/ phenomenon emerged across large parts of Central Europe, including the Great Hungarian Plain. In this region, profound changes occurred, including the abandonment of tell settlements, the emergence of new pottery…
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Pottery technological analysis of the Copper Age Transdanubia (Western Hungary)
This article focuses on the technological analysis of the Early and Middle Copper Age (4500–3650 cal BCE) pottery vessels from Transdanubia (Western Hungary), which can reveal the previously unknown social connections based on strong personal interactions in this region. The pottery material of…
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Gestempelte Ziegel aus den Ausgrabungen von Komárom/Szőny-MOL-Kiskertek (Brigetio) im Jahr 2015
In the summer of 2015, a two-month archaeological excavation was conducted in Komárom, at the Komárom/Szőny-MOL-Kiskertek site. The excavation, carried out by the Klapka György Museum in Komárom and the Institute of Archeological Sciences at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), uncovered a section of…
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New data on the settlement history of the so-called villa, a Roman period building, at Testvérhegy
Testvérhegy and its surroundings have been densely inhabited since prehistoric times; therefore, the history of the area is interesting for research for several aspects. A settlement structure unique in Pannonia emerged there, consisting of rural settlements and villa estates which mutually…
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Representation and object
The sarcophagus of Titus Aelius was found in 1989 during an excavation conducted by Sándor Petényi at Alsógalla. It stands out amongst sarcophagi depicting married couples for its refined execution and good state of preservation. However, what makes it particularly interesting is the depiction of…
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A stirrup type with Byzantine provenience in Central and Eastern Europe
In this paper, we analyse a certain stirrup type that is rare in Central and Eastern Europe. It is characterized by a flat, narrow platform, strongly curved arms, and a rectangular eye. Based on the examination of the assemblages, these stirrups most likely developed in the Balkans in the first…
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Szekszárd-Palánk and the postglacial recolonization of the Pannonian Basin
Szekszárd-Palánk, located in South Transdanubia (Hungary), was discovered in the late 1950s and has yielded several hundred archaeological finds, including lithics and faunal remains. Initially, the site was regarded as ‘the latest Palaeolithic’ site in Hungary; later, it was reclassified as an…
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Ceramic Depositions, Ritual Features, and Irregular Burials of the Tumulus Culture in Hungary
This study provides an overview of vessel depositions and non-normative burials of the Tumulus Culture in Hungary, dated between the phases of Br B1 and Br D across the culture’s distribution area. In contrast to other periods of the Bronze Age, the Tumulus period has received relatively little…
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