Horizon | Old Europe |
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Geographical range | Central Europe, Pannonian Plain |
Period | Neolithic, Chalcolithic |
Dates | c. 5400 BC – 4500 BC |
Preceded by | Linear Pottery culture, Starčevo culture |
Followed by | Tiszapolgár culture, Lengyel culture |
The Tisza culture is a Neolithic archaeological culture of the Alföld plain in modern-day Hungary, Western Romania, Eastern Slovakia, and Ukrainian Zakarpattia Oblast in Central Europe. The culture is dated to between 5400 BCE and 4500/4400 BCE.[1][2]
Anthropomorphic pottery
Ceramic altar, 5300-5200 BC.[3]
Tisza pottery
House interior, reconstruction
House interior, reconstruction
House interior, reconstruction
House interior, reconstruction
House interior, reconstruction
Lipson et al. (2017) analyzed the remains of five individuals ascribed to the Tisza culture. The three males were G-P15, I-P37 and I-P215.[6] mtDNA extracted were various subclades of U, H, T, and K.[6]