Artefacts
Anthropomorphic pottery
Ceramic altar, 5300-5200 BC. [3]
Tisza pottery
| 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]
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]
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