Polgár-Csőszhalom Tell Complex
Csőszhalom–Polgár · Polgár Horizontal Settlement
Late Neolithic·Tisza / Csőszhalom·🇭🇺 Hajdú-Bihar, Polgár, Hungary
About
About Polgár-Csőszhalom Tell Complex
Late Neolithic double tell-horizontal settlement (c. 4800–4500 BCE) on Tisza floodplain, 28 ha with tell core 2 m high, ditch enclosures and 4 m deep well. Links Tisza and Lengyel networks, with painted pottery and copper spiral.
Why it mattersLargest Late Neolithic settlement in Great Hungarian Plain, showing tell-horizontal duality.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Tell vs horizontal settlement integration
- 02Copper spiral import
Theories
- 01Central place for Tisza plain chiefdom
- 02Aggregation for floodplain farming
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 4800 BCE
- Period
- Late Neolithic
- Culture
- Tisza / Csőszhalom
- Purpose
- Tell-centred farming population agglomeration
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 19th–20th century
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 4800 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Polgár-Csőszhalom Tell Complex
19th century / 1960s
Antiquarian notice and modern systematic excavation of Polgár-Csőszhalom Tell Complex
2000s
Conservation and publication of final reports for Polgár-Csőszhalom Tell Complex
On the ground
Structures & features
47.8800° N · 21.1200° E · 98 m · 3 mapped features
Tell Core (5 m)
tell moundCentral tell mound 5 m stratified with Tisza pottery and houses
47.8802° N · 21.1201° EOuter Horizontal Settlement
settlementOuter settlement 500×400 m with 10 house clusters around tell
47.8798° N · 21.1199° EDeep Well Feature
well4 m deep timber-lined well with organic preservation central
47.8801° N · 21.1199° E