The Baden complex in Austria and Hungary – A comparative study
The Baden complex in Austria and Hungary – A comparative study

Summary/Abstract: When studying large cultural complexes with an extensive distribution (such as the Baden, the Bell Beaker, the Corded Ware and the Globular Amphorae culture, or the steppe an cultures of any historical period),an approach with uniform analytical and descriptive criteria would be most desirable. This type of synchronisation could be best created at international symposia. However, despite the best intentions, these occasions usually serve as an opportunity for setting research agendas or for presenting a few radical novelties rather than for a comprehensive assessment and an interpretation covering all aspects and details. The re-naming andre-assessment of the Baden culture as a cultural complex is a relatively new research direction. Martin Furholt’s new approach has called for a re-thinking not only of the very concept of “culture” that was earlier viewed as being an archaeologically uniform entity, but also of the entire range of concepts associated with it (such as chronology, quotidian and ritual sphere, settlement patterns, subsistence and economy, society), a work that has only just begun. One goal of this publication is to present our Austrian and Hungarian knowledge in a new light.

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