Praehistoria New Series Vol. 3 (13)

Praehistoria New Series Vol. 3 (13)
International Prehistory Journal of the University of Miskolc

Budapest, Archaeolingua, 2021
Puhakötés | Paper book
244 oldal, színes és fekete-fehér illusztrációkkal | 244 pages with colored and grayscale images

ISSN 1586 7811

Description

The systematic research of palaeolithic sites in Hungary started with excavating one of the key sites, the Szeleta Cave, in 1906. The cave’s entrance is situated in the picturesque valley of the Szinva stream, above Felső-Hámor in Miskolc, North-eastern Hungary. Since the first field investigations, the town’s immediate surroundings, the Bükk Mountain Range, and, finally, the whole Northern Mountain Range gradually became one of the best-researched areas in Europe. Furthermore, the cave became eponymous with the Szeleta Culture. When in 1999, the town of Miskolc decided to establish the Foundation for the Szeleta Culture, the initial goals included the creation of a museum and archaeological park dedicated to the era of palaeolithic humans. The project was the revival of a plan of the 19th-century polyhistor Ottó Herman, founder of palaeolithic archaeology in Hungary. After several unsuccessful attempts, the Szeleta Park and Visitor Centre will open its gate on 31 December 2022. It is created under the GINOP–7.1.5-16-2016-00005 project by the Bükk National Park Directorate. The establishment, near the Szeleta Cave, includes an adventure park and an interactive exhibition titled “Secrets of millennia in the caves of the Bükk Mountains – prehistoric men and their environment,” designed for all age groups.