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unusual facts about Starčevo–Kőrös–Criş culture


Hoia Forest

The oldest Neolithic settlement in Romania (believed to have been established around 6500 BCE) belonging to the Starčevo–Kőrös–Criş culture was discovered at the north of Valea Lungă.


Bronze Age Europe

In the eastern Hungarian Körös tributaries, the early Bronze Age first saw the introduction of the Makó culture, followed by the Ottomány and Gyulavarsánd cultures.

Culișer Canal

Used mainly for irrigation and drainage, it crosses the city of Salonta and then flows into Hungary where it joins the Fekete-Körös.

Historical migration

The Indo-European migration has variously been dated to the end of the Neolithic (Marija Gimbutas: Corded ware, Yamna, Kurgan), the early Neolithic (Colin Renfrew: Starčevo-Körös, Linearbandkeramic) and the late Palaeolithic (Marcel Otte, Paleolithic Continuity Theory).

Körös

Körös or Criş, a river that flows into Tisza, was used for an archeological site of the Starcevo-Körös culture

Körös culture

The Körös culture is an Neolithic archaeological culture in Central Europe that was named after the river Körös in eastern Hungary.

Körös-ér

West of the village of Kelebia, the Körös-ér becomes a border river between Hungary and Serbia.

Korossy

In addition, the Hungarian towns of Kiskőrös and Nagykőrös are often commonly referred to as Kőrös – as "ő" is simply the long variant of "ö" with the difference being almost negligible.

Migration period of ancient Burma

The Indo-European migration had variously been dated to the end of the Neolithic (Marija Gimbutas: Corded ware, Yamna, Kurgan), the early Neolithic (Colin Renfrew: Starčevo-Körös, Linearbandkeramic) and the late Palaeolithic (Marcel Otte, Paleolithic Continuity Theory).

Sesklo

Dating and research points to the influence of this culture to other Balcanic (Karanovo I-II and Starčevo-Körös) which seem to originate here, and will be these which will stimulate the birth of the important Danubian Neolithic current.

Starčevo site

The culture of Starčevo is connected with other cites from Balkan and middle Europe where they use the term Starčevo-Keres-Kris culture in Hungary and Romania cites to symbolize the union of three close culture: culture of Starčevo, culture of Kereska and culture of Kris all of them located on the region of today southeast Hungary, Serbia and Romania.

Starčevo site is the eponymous site of Starčevacka culture that has been dated to the Early Neolithic period.It is located on the left bank of the Danube,north-west from Starčevo and 8 kilometers south of Pančevo.


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