In a research article published in PLoS ONE, Barry Molloy and his team present new survey data from the southern Carpathian Basin that challenges previous assumptions about the late Bronze Age in Europe. They argue that instead of a diminished Late Bronze Age, there was actually an increase in scale, complexity, and density in settlement systems, as well as the intensification of long-distance networks. The researchers attribute this change to climate change, which created an ecological niche that allowed societies to thrive. They also highlight the creation and habitation of the largest monuments of Bronze Age Europe in this region. The study provides a new model for understanding Late Bronze Age societies in the Carpathian Basin.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0288750