The oldest stage of the Hungarian Copper (Eneolithic) Age, c 3500-3000 BC, and successor to the Tisza culture. It is named for Tiszapolgár-Basatanya, a cemetery in the plain of eastern Hungary with 156 graves containing single inhumations accompanied by pottery, long flint blades, and a few copper objects. The oldest graves belong to the Tiszapolgár phase, while the more recent ones are of the Bodrogkeresztur culture. Most domestic occupations were small-scale and short-lived farmsteads. The pottery is a continuation of the Tisza tradition, however with little or no decoration.