Vésztő-Mágor Tell and Monastery
Vésztő Mágor · Mágor Hill
Early Neolithic to Medieval·Körös / Tisza / medieval Hungarian·🇭🇺 Békés County, Vésztő, Hungary
About
About Vésztő-Mágor Tell and Monastery
Multi-period tell at Vésztő-Mágor (c. 5000 BCE to Middle Ages), 5 m high Neolithic to Bronze Age mound with Körös, Tisza and medieval monastery layers. Reveals Körös Early Neolithic longhouse to Árpád church sequence on Sebes-Körös floodplain.
Why it mattersLongest tell sequence in Hungary linking Neolithic Körös to medieval monastery.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Körös longhouse to tell continuity
- 02Medieval monastery reuse
Theories
- 01Floodplain tell persistence 7000 years
- 02Sacred hill continuity
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. 5800 BCE (Körös)
- Period
- Early Neolithic to Medieval
- Culture
- Körös / Tisza / medieval Hungarian
- Purpose
- Tell settlement and later monastic centre
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 19th–20th century
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 5800 BCE (Körös)
Initial construction / first occupation at Vésztő-Mágor Tell and Monastery
19th century / 1960s
Antiquarian notice and modern systematic excavation of Vésztő-Mágor Tell and Monastery
2000s
Conservation and publication of final reports for Vésztő-Mágor Tell and Monastery
On the ground
Structures & features
46.9200° N · 21.2800° E · 88 m · 3 mapped features
Körös Longhouse Horizon
houseEarly Neolithic Körös longhouse postholes 12×6 m at tell base
46.9201° N · 21.2801° EMedieval Monastery Church
church12th-century monastery church foundations 18×10 m on tell summit
46.9199° N · 21.2801° ETell Slope Section
tell sectionSouthern slope section exposing Neolithic to Bronze Age strata 4 m
46.9202° N · 21.2799° E