The Ottomány culture located in Crișana

Crisana

Crișana is a geographical and historical region divided today between Romania and Hungary, named after the Criș River and its three tributaries: the Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru and Crișul Repede....

 (western Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

), eastern Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

, and Slovakia is a local middle Bronze Age

Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...

 culture (2100-1700 BC) near the village of Otomani/Ottomány

Salacea

Sălacea is a commune in Bihor County, northwestern Romania with a population of 3,096 people. It is composed of two villages, Otomani and Sălacea...

 located in Bihor County

Bihor County

Bihor is a county of Romania, in Crişana, with capital city at Oradea. Together with Hajdú-Bihar County in Hungary it constitutes the Biharia Euroregion.-Demographics:...

, Romania. It existed in the Körös

Körös

Körös is a Hungarian toponym with several meanings:* Körös or Criş, a river that flows into Tisza, was used for an archeological site of the Starcevo-Körös culture* Hungarian name for Križevci, Croatia, was used for the historic Belovár-Körös county...

 tributaries between Makó culture and the Gyulavarsánd cultures. This culture was contemporary with Wietenberg culture

Wietenberg culture

Wietenber culture was a Bronze Age archeological culture in Central Transilvania. Represented a local variant of Usatovo culture and was replaced by Noua culture. Its name was coined after the eponymic Wietenberg Hill near Sighisoara....

. The people from this culture occupations was plant farming and cattle farming. The houses were built on tumulus

Tumulus

A tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, Hügelgrab or kurgans, and can be found throughout much of the world. A tumulus composed largely or entirely of stones is usually referred to as a cairn...

made from fired houses.

External links

• http://www.eliznik.org.uk/EastEurope/History/balkans-map/middle-bronze.htm#nogo
• http://care.e-monsite.com/rubrique,car-z-carpato-danubiana,1050465.html
• http://www.arkad.ro/index.php?action=fullnews&id=285377&category=194