Thirty-four papers, forming a Festschrift for Nándor Kalicz, explore
`the dawn of culture', look at evidence for the earliest communication
between the peoples of central and south eastern Europe. With the
exception of the first papers, which examine the ways in which
archaeology can identify signs of prehistoric culture and evidence for
the spread of Indogermanic languages, the contributions comprise case
studies that cover the Neolithic to Iron Age. Subjects include: early
Neolithic man in the Carpathian Basin; the Neolithisation of the
Balkans; lithic material; Early Eastern Linear Culture in eastern
Slovakia; Middle Neolithic clay pottery from eastern Hungary; depictions
of the human figure and human sacrifice; Neolithic boats; Transdanubia
in the Middle Copper Age; radiocarbon dating evidence from Austria; Iron
Age animal sacrifice and ritual deposits. Thirteen papers in English,
one in French, the rest in German.