This week we further continued our kurgan survey, one of our favourite research topic. We headed to the Hortobágy and Nagykunság regions of the Hortobágy National Park. More details about our kurgan-related researches and publications can be found here.
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| We could approach the Eperjes mound through a 'sea' of Artemisia pontica. |
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| The Vadas-mound is surrounded by croplands but still holds a nice, species-rich loess grassland vegetation with Silene viscosa and Salvia austriaca. |
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| Nagy-Purgány mound: a classical example of a kurgan embedded in croplands. |
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| This mound has been abandoned from agricultural cultivation recently. Its Hungarian name (Jaj-halom) can be translated as 'Ouch'-mound - this describes well the feeling as the vegetation is full of thistles and bromes. |
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| Cumanian memorial place on the Kis Hegyesbori mound near Karcag. |
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