Strontium isotope analysis and human mobility during the Neolithic and Copper Age: a case study from the Great Hungarian Plain

► The transition to the Copper Age in eastern Hungary has been associated with an agropastoral economy. ► The hypothesis that mobility increased from the Neolithic to the Copper Age was tested using radiogenic strontium isotopes. ► Results from human dental enamel show that 87Sr/86Sr values are more variable during the Copper Age. ► However, other lines of evidence do not indicate that subsistence strategies changed at this time. ► This implies that an agropastoral economy does not explain cultural changes during the Copper Age.