Hungarian National Museum
Archaeological Heritage Protection Directorate
Staff of Directorate

Dr. PUSZTAI TAMÁS
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE PROTECTION, ARCHAEOLOGIST-MUSEOLOGIST

pusztai.tamas@hnm.hu
70-617-4377

Director of the Archaeological Heritage Protection Directorate and Deputy Archaeological Heritage Protection Director of the Hungarian National Museum.

Between 1995 and 2018, archaeologist at the Herman Ottó Museum, and its director from 2010 to 2017.

Led several projects between 1995 and 2002, including the excavations of the medieval market town of Mohi, the archaeological research of Mohosvár of Kelemér, a classic 13th century noble castle, the Pauline Monastery at Gönc and the Miskolc clan burial ground, the Benedictine Monastery of Tapolca.

In 2007, he participated in the rescue excavation of the 8 million-year-old cypress trees in Bükkábrány and subsequently in the creation of the Pannon Sea Museum. In 2014, under his curatorship at the Herman Ottó Museum, the exhibition titled 'Elite Corps - The Richest Hungarian Conquest Era burials of the Carpathian Basin' was awarded the title of Exhibition of the Year.

On the recommendation of professional organizations, the Prime Minister's Office awarded him the “Archeological Heritage - István Schönvisner Prize” March 15, 2018, for his outstanding role in archaeology, in the renewal of medieval archeology in Hungary, and in the development of the Herman Ottó Museum in Miskolc.

Member of the Hungarian Archaeological Association and the Excavation Committee.

Member of the editorial board of the Archaeological Bulletin.

CSOMBORNÉ TÓTH ANDREA
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL TASKS

andrea.csombor@hnm.hu
70-397-9670

I graduated from the University of Miskolc as a certified economist. In 2018, I completed the Integrity Counseling Training at the National University of Public Service. For five years I worked as the financial director of the Herman Ottó Museum in Miskolc. Out of all county museums, the Herman Otto Museum had the largest archaeological capacity and it was the sole institution of its kind with independent management. In cooperation with the museum's maintainer, professional management and our external partners, we were able to continuously develop our technical and diagnostic instrumentation used for archaeological excavations. We have continued the 20-year tradition of responsible utilization of resources for preventive archaeological excavations to continuously increase the museum's own storage capacity. As a result, in 2018, the museum was once again expanded with a new warehouse wing. During the organization of this county museum, I was in daily contact with the staff of the economic organizations of partner museums. These relationships still exist and help in carrying out archaeological excavations as joint projects between MNM-RÖG and county museums.

Dr. FÁBIÁN SZILVIA
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT, ARCHAEOLOGIST-MUSEOLOGIST

fabian.szilvia@hnm.hu
20-446-0916

As Head of the Scientific and Coordination Department, I direct the tasks of the Project Coordination Office, primary and scientific processing of archaeological sites.

I graduated from Eötvös Loránd University as an archaeologist and graduated in cultural anthropology. As an archeologist I obtained my degree in prehistoric specialization, my main area of research is the Neolithic and Copper Age of the Carpathian Basin. My areas of interest include the study of the spread of archaeological cultures, their relationships, their chronological situation and their settlement structure. In particular, I deal with the transition period of the Middle Copper Age and the Late Copper Age (Protobolerase horizon), and the study of cultic life and symbolic activities. I wrote my doctoral dissertation on the settlement history of the late Copper Age Baden complex, the examination of the inner settlement structure, and the archeology of households. In addition, I started my own project to investigate the Middle Neolitic settlements, settlement structure and the relationships that triggered this in the Ipoly region of Nógrád County.

Dr. SZALONTAI CSABA
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT, ARCHAEOLOGIST-MUSEOLOGIST

szalontai.csaba@mnm.hu
30-160-0497

In 1992 I graduated with a degree in History and Archeology from the University of Szeged. Between 1992-2006 I worked as an archaeologist at the Móra Ferenc Museum in Szeged and between 2006-2018 as a heritage protection expert.

I received my PhD in 2014 and have been working at MNM RÖG since August 2018.

Dr. P. BARNA JUDIT
ARCHAEOLOGIST-MUSEOLOGIST, COLLECTION LEADER barna.judit@mnm.hu
30-160-0498 I am an archaeologist and museologist. I graduated from JATE in Szeged in 1993. Between November 1992 and August 2018 I worked at the Balaton Museum in Keszthely, and in September 2018 I became a member of the Archaeological Heritage Protection Directorate. I received my PhD In 2012. The title of my dissertation was The Formation of Lengyel Culture in Southwest Transdanubia. My area of research is the Neolithic and Copper Age of Transdanubia and the neolithic Rondells. Since 2011, I have led a multidisciplinary research group organized for the research of Transdanubian prehistoric earthworks, in which several institutions work together.