Table 1. Summary of the prehistoric time periods and their associated cultures and subsistence practices in the Great Hungarian Plain.

Time Period	Date Range	Associated Cultures	Subsistence practices
Early Neolithic	6,500–5,500 BC	Körös	Grain cultivation (wheat, barley, einkorn) and animal husbandry (predominantly: sheep/goat)
Middle Neolithic	5,500–5,000 BC	Linearbandkeramik (LBK), Alföld Linear Pottery (ALP)	Grain cultivation (wheat, barley, einkorn) and animal husbandry (major reliance on cattle)
Late Neolithic	5,000–4,500 BC	Tisza, Herpály, Csőszhalom	Grain cultivation (wheat, barley, einkorn); animal husbandry with emphasis on domesticated cattle
Early Copper Age	4,500–4,000 BC	Tiszapolgar	Focus on animal husbandry (mainly cattle)
Middle Copper Age	4,000–3,500 BC	Bodrogkeresztúr	Focus on animal husbandry (mainly cattle)
Late Copper Age	3,500–2,700 BC	Baden	Focus on animal husbandry (mainly cattle)
Early/Middle Bronze Age	2,700 –,1400 BC	Nagyrév, Hatvan, Ottomány	Intensive crop cultivation and animal husbandry
Late Bronze Age	1,400–900 BC	Tumulus, Urnfield, Kyjatice	Intensive crop cultivation; millet as staple crop
Early/Middle Iron Age	900–450 BC	Mezőcsát	Pastoral nomadism, semi-nomadic or transhuman pastoralist. Stock breeding of gregarious animals (cattle, sheep or horses)