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The paper presents new discoveries of the early Slavs in the Eastern Carpathians at the Miercurea Ciuc – Fodor-kert, Şumuleu site (Harghita County). The dwellings belonged to various types but all had ovens built of stones. It is remarkable the high proportion of clay pans among the exclusively handmade pottery. The dwellings were dated based on analogies but above all by 14C analysis. Based on these the settlement could have been founded already in the middle of the 5th century and it was abandoned latest by the middle of the 7th century.

The present paper deals with some Middle Bronze Age burials in the valley of the Black River, in south‐ eastern Transylvania, Covasna County. The material published (analyzed) came from the excavations made in the early 1910’ s and between the 1960– 1990. Some of these burials have been published already, but we considered a reevaluation as being necessary. The burial at Poian – Panta de piatră was only mentioned in a half sentence, providing no information about grave goods, context, etc. The findings at Sânzieni – Piatra de tocilă were connected to the Tumulus Culture, unknown in the studied area. We consider they belong to a Wietenberg burial, since Wietenberg pottery was discovered in the settlement layer. Another discovery connected to the Middle Bronze Age was also made at Sânzieni, in the place called Locul domnesc. One funeral urn was discovered at Turia – Groapa caprei. We have been able to identify another urn, which probably belonged to a second burial. The burials can be dated to the Wietenberg II phase since the complex decorating motifs, characterizing the IIIrd phase are totally missing. The urns were buried in the vicinity of the settlements or inside them. An exception are the burials at Turia (including the necropolis), where the closest settlement is at 900 m

The main goal of this paper is to present the results of field surveys, effectuated during the last three years in the Târgu Secuiesc Basin, Covasna County. The archaeological material (including ceramics and fragmentary stone tools) covers a wide period of time, from the beginning of the Neolithic to the 18th century AD. The most significant material belongs to the Neolithic (Starčevo-Criş culture) and Bronze Age (Wietenberg culture). Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age sherds were discovered sporadically. New settlements belonging to the classical Dacian and post-Roman period are known from five locations each, suggesting a dense and extended settlement network.

Regional climate change has noticeable influence on grape and wine production in West Hungary. Sopron and Zala wine-growing regions are among the potential winners of the climate change, previously rather unsuitable for viticulture. Over the past 30 years, the minimum and maximum temperatures significantly increased, the precipitation decreased, nevertheless, the convective precipitation increased by 14 days during the growing season. Each climate indicator has changed between 1986 and 2015 compared to the previous 30 years (1956-1985). One of the effects of climate change is a significant shift in the annual growth cycle of grapevines (phenological phases). Budbreak begins nearly 8 days earlier, flowering 7 days and the veraison 8 days, while the harvest has been shifted to a date 11 days respect to the previous period. The time between the budbreak and the flowering has shortened by 4.5 days. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

EDS peak height ratio method has been used for chemical microanalysis of PSG samples in a scanning electron microscope. We have applied a no-standard inverse ZAF-type correction procedure to calculate working curves as a function of beam energy and take-off angle. With the obtained correction procedure the EDS measurement is fast, precise and accurate compared with other physical techniques. Using this method a proportional relationship has been verified between the PH/SiH ratio of the CVD process and the P concentration of the deposited PSG layer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]