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Százhalombatta Excavation Project

Project overview

The Bronze Age site of Százhalombatta is situated on the right bank of the Danube, 30km south of Budapest in Hungary. It is one of the largest temperate tell settlements from this period in Central Europe.

Excavation at the site, directed by Dr Magdolna Vicze (Hungarian National Museum), Professor Marie Louise Stig Sørensen (University of Cambridge), and Professor Joanna Sofaer (University of Southampton), is ongoing. Investigations are producing substantial new data revealing a detailed and hitherto unknown picture of Bronze Age life from 2000-1400BC.

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Joanna Sofaer

Professor of Archaeology

Research interests

  • The role of cultural and community assets in health and wellbeing
  • The relationship between heritage and wellbeing
  • The social value of archaeology 
Connect with Joanna

Email: [email protected]

Research outputs

Glimpsing social organisation – evidence from the Bronze Age tell at Szazhalombatta-Foldvar
M. Vicze, J. Sofaer & M.L.S. Sørensen, 2014, Hungarian Archaeology E-Journal, 1-4
Type: article
The breakdown of knowledge: people and pottery at the Bronze Age tell at Százhalombatta, Hungary
Joanna Sofaer, 2013
Type: conference
The composition of inlays in encrusted ceramics from the Pannonian Plain
J. Sofaer, S. Roberts & R. Williams, 2013
Type: conference
Notes from a Bronze Age tell: Szazhalombatta-Foldvar, Hungary
Joanna Sofaer, Mary Louise Stig Sørensen & Magdolna Vicze, 2012, TEA Newsletter, 1-2
Type: article
Many hands make light work: embodied knowledge at the bronze age tell at Szazhalombatta
J. Sofaer & S. Budden, 2012
Type: bookChapter