Archaeological explorations along the River Ipoly

Archaeological explorations along the River Ipoly

There are some eventful days behind Krisztián Zandler, archaeologist of the Béla Dornyay Museum in Salgótartján, Hungary. He conducted excavation and surveys in the region of Hont, between 26 and 29 october on the following sites: Ipolyvölgy III, Ipolyvölgy I, Drégelypalánk-Gyakorszer and Topóka-dűlő, Hont-Babat, Hont-Csitár (Molnár-hegy).

New Litikum

New Litikum

Litikum is the yearly published journal of the Lithic Research Roundtable that unites prehistorians and archaeologists in Hungary, those are interested in lithic studies.

Páli-Dombok: the first in situ Old Stone Age assemblage from the Rába Valley

Páli-Dombok: the first in situ Old Stone Age assemblage from the Rába Valley

The northwestern part of Transdanubia seemed as a palaeolithic-mesolithic no man’s land, as we had knowledge only about stray finds and finds of dubious origin in that part of Hungary, from that time period. With the discovery of Páli-Dombok in 2014, things took a turn; now we have an extensive occupation from the Early Holocene in that region.