Hatvan

The type site, northeast of Budapest, Hungary, of the second stage of the Hungarian Early Bonze Age (which is defined by Tószeg). The Hatvan culture occurred between the Nagyrév culture and the Füzesabony, c early 2nd millennium bc. Many of the sites are tells in the Great Hungarian plain, although enclosed hilltop sites are known in the Carpathian foothills. Cremation burials in pits were frequent. Hatvan settlements commonly produce large numbers of fired clay zoomorphic figurines and vases, as well as model cartwheels.

The eponymous tell site for the Hatvan culture, an early Bronze Age group distributed in the Tisza Valley of eastern Hungary in the early 2nd millennium be. Many of the sites are tells in the Great Hungarian plain, although enclosed hilltop sites are known in the Carpathian foothills. Cremation cemeteries are frequent, often with more than one serving a single settlement; inumed cremations are as common as pit burials. Unusually for this period, Hatvan settlements commonly produce large numbers of fired clay zoomorphic figurines and vases, as well as model cart-wheels.