Assistant Professor My multi-scalar and multi-disciplinary research explores long-term social, cultural, and ecological dynamics during prehistory, with a specific focus on the transformative role of population aggregation and disintegration in early farming societies of Southeast Europe. This research is complemented by my interest in comparative, cross-cultural and cross-temporal studies of population centers and both bodies of research aim to contribute to developing models that advance the scientific understanding of sustainability and resilience in nucleated settlement contexts in the ancient and recent past. I am also engaged with collaborative heritage science programs, including conservation studies of archaeological sites and various exhibition projects, to facilitate cultural heritage protection and foster public outreach and education. Research Research Areas: Archaeology Research Interests: Southeast Europe Great Hungarian Plain Prehistory Nucleation and dispersal Paleoecology Sustainability Heritage science Cross-cultural research Settlement pattern and organization Paleoenvironmental reconstruction Remote sensing Spatial analysis Selected Publications Selected Publications: Gyucha, Attila, and William A. Parkinson (editors) 2022 First Kings of Europe: From Farmers to Rulers in Southeast Europe. UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Los Angeles. Gyucha, Attila 2022 Population Aggregation and Social Transformations in Middle-Range Societies: A Comparative Study of Neolithic Nucleated Settlements on the Great Hungarian Plain. In: The Archaeology of Nucleation in the Old World: Spatiality, Community, and Identity, edited by Attila Gyucha and Roderick B. Salisbury, pp. 62-81. Archaeopress, Oxford. Parkinson, William A., Attila Gyucha, and Richard W. Yerkes (editors) 2021 Bikeri: Two Copper Age Villages in the Great Hungarian Plain. Monumenta Archaeologica Series. UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Los Angeles. Education Education: PhD, Archaeology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 2010
