Viktória Kiss
A5043940506- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Historical and Archaeological Studies
- Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Cellular transport and secretion
- Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
- Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Eurasian Exchange Networks
- Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Marine and environmental studies
- Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases
- European history and politics
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
Research Centre for the Humanities
2015-2025
Institute of Archaeology
2015-2025
University of Szeged
1954-2024
Hungarian Research Network
2021-2023
Romanian Academy
2023
University of Bucharest
2023
Pennsylvania State University
2023
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2007-2022
Research Network (United States)
2021-2022
HUN-REN Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpont
2019
Abstract Domestication of horses fundamentally transformed long-range mobility and warfare 1 . However, modern domesticated breeds do not descend from the earliest domestic horse lineage associated with archaeological evidence bridling, milking corralling 2–4 at Botai, Central Asia around 3500 bc 3 Other longstanding candidate regions for domestication, such as Iberia 5 Anatolia 6 , have also recently been challenged. Thus, genetic, geographic temporal origins remained unknown. Here we...
Farming was established in Central Europe by the Linearbandkeramik culture (LBK), a well-investigated archaeological horizon, which emerged Carpathian Basin, today's Hungary. However, genetic background of LBK genesis is yet unclear. Here we present 9 Y chromosomal and 84 mitochondrial DNA profiles from Mesolithic, Neolithic Starčevo sites (seventh/sixth millennia BC) Basin southeastern Europe. We detect continuity both maternal paternal elements during initial spread agriculture, confirm...
Human culture, biology, and health were shaped dramatically by the onset of agriculture ∼12,000 y B.P. This shift is hypothesized to have resulted in increased individual fitness population growth as evidenced archaeological genomic data alongside a decline physiological inferred from skeletal remains. Here, we consider osteological ancient DNA same prehistoric individuals study human stature variation proxy for across transition agriculture. Specifically, compared “predicted” genetic...
The Yamnaya archaeological complex appeared around 3300BCE across the steppes north of Black and Caspian Seas, by 3000BCE reached its maximal extent from Hungary in west to Kazakhstan east. To localize ancestral geographical origins among diverse Eneolithic people that preceded them, we studied ancient DNA data 428 individuals which 299 are reported for first time, demonstrating three previously unknown genetic clines. First, a “Caucasus-Lower Volga” (CLV) Cline suffused with Caucasus...
Abstract Archaeological research is currently redefining how large-scale changes occurred in prehistoric times. In addition to the long-standing theoretical dichotomy between ‘cultural transmission’ and ‘demic diffusion’, many alternative models borrowed from sociology can be used explain spread of innovations. The emergence urnfields Middle Late Bronze Age Europe certainly one these phenomena; its wide distribution has been traditionally emphasized by use general term Urnenfelderkultur/zeit...
In this study, we report 21 ancient shotgun genomes from present-day Western Hungary, previously understudied Late Copper Age Baden, and Bronze Somogyvár-Vinkovci, Kisapostag, Encrusted Pottery archeological cultures (3,530-1,620 cal Bce). Our results indicate the presence of high steppe ancestry in Somogyvár-Vinkovci culture. They were then replaced by Kisapostag group, who exhibit an outstandingly (up to ∼47%) Mesolithic hunter-gatherer ancestry, despite component being thought be highly...
Bell Beaker pottery spread across western and central Europe beginning around 2750 BCE before disappearing between 2200–1800 BCE. The mechanism of its expansion is a topic long-standing debate, with support for both cultural diffusion human migration. We present new genome-wide ancient DNA data from 170 Neolithic, Copper Age Bronze Europeans, including 100 Beaker-associated individuals. In contrast to the Corded Ware Complex, which has previously been identified as arriving in following...
In this study, we present osteological and strontium isotope data of 29 individuals (26 cremations 3 inhumations) from Szigetszentmiklós-Ürgehegy, one the largest Middle Bronze Age cemeteries in Hungary. The site is located northern part Csepel Island (a few kilometres south Budapest) was use between c. 2150 1500 BC, a period that saw rise, apogee, and, ultimately, collapse Vatya culture plains Central main aim our study to identify variation mobility patterns among different sex/age/social...
Two related multisubunit tethering complexes promote endolysosomal trafficking in all eukaryotes: Rab5-binding CORVET that was suggested to transform into Rab7-binding HOPS. We have previously identified miniCORVET, containing Drosophila Vps8 and three shared core proteins, which are required for endosome maturation upstream of HOPS highly endocytic cells (Lőrincz et al., 2016a). Here, we show overexpression inhibits HOPS-dependent routes including late maturation, autophagosome-lysosome...
Abstract In this study we report 21 ancient shotgun genomes from present-day Western Hungary, previously understudied Late Copper Age Baden, and Bronze Somogyvár-Vinkovci, Kisapostag, Encrusted Pottery archaeological cultures (3530 – 1620 cal BCE). Our results indicate the presence of high steppe ancestry in Somogyvár-Vinkovci culture. They were then replaced by Kisapostag group, who exhibit an outstandingly (up to ∼47%) Mesolithic hunter-gatherer ancestry, despite component being thought be...
Abstract A few scattered vessels, typologically attributed to the Gáta–Wieselburg culture, are known from Friuli Venezia Giulia region in northeastern Italy. This culture spread during Early Bronze Age (Reinecke Br A1b and A2, 2100–1700/1600 bc ) present‐day eastern Austria, western Hungary southwestern Slovakia. Rare ceramic artefacts, typically biconical double‐handled jugs with well‐burnished surfaces, have been discovered caves of Trieste Karst (Ciclami, Tartaruga, Teresiana Ossa)...
Abstract Lynx remains are rare in archaeological assemblages. The skeleton of an adult male accompanied by four dogs was found a large Migration Period pit at Zamárdi–Kútvölgyi‐dűlő II, Hungary. Extant lynx skeletons were used estimating the shoulder height this individual. Its stature is comparable to those it buried with. None five showed skinning marks. Although physical reconstruction help appraising special pit, actual nature deposit question. Possible interpretations range from mundane...
ABSTRACT A comparative study was undertaken to adopt and evaluate a radiocarbon ( 14 C) preparation procedure for accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) measurements of cremated bones at our laboratory, including different types archaeological samples (cremated bone, charcoal, charred grain). All C analyses were performed using the EnvironMICADAS AMS instrument Hertelendi Laboratory Environmental Studies (HEKAL) ancillary also Institute Nuclear Research (ATOMKI). After physical chemical...
The 29 individuals found in 27 graves at Nagycenk were buried there the time period between 2000–1700 BC, according to radiocarbon dates – i.e. beginning of Middle Bronze Age Hungary. cemetery is unique importance, both because richness burial assemblages (altogether 30 bronze objects, 5 gold jewelries) and scarcity known Gáta–Wieselburg cemeteries. 15 percent ca. 180 burials total, which relate this culture Hungary, are cemetery, few published sites, represents about one fourth materials so...
Our paper produces results on production techniques of prehistoric metal artefacts using non-destructive neutron-based methods, considering aspects heritage protection.