Unique accessories and connection network of a Gepid Period child burial. New data on the distribution of early medieval ivory artefacts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13145194 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ágnes Tóth (0009-0000-6413-8701, University of Szeged, corresponding author), Gábor Wilhelm (Katona József Museum of Kecskemét, Bethlen Gábor körút 1., H-6000 Kecskemét, Hungary), Zsuzsanna Toth (0000-0002-6321-5637, Hungarian National Museum) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 379-397 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-5210 • E-ISSN: 1588-2551 |
| Publisher | Akadémiai Kiadó (PUBLISHER • HU) |
| DOI | 10.1556/072.2023.00021 |
| OpenAlex | W4390061891 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
The Gepid Period row cemetery at Tiszaug-Országúti bevágás was unearthed in 2018–2019. Grave 301 was one of the outstanding burials amongst the 194 graves unearthed thus far. It kept the remains of a 9–11-year old boy, who was laid to rest in a scale-down burial created according to the funerary customs of the area and era but dressed in a mortuary costume and provided with goods befitting adult men. He had a purse hanging from his belt, containing an iron knife, and some pieces of flint. A double-row antler comb was placed beside his head. A cast copper alloy belt buckle with a shield-shaped pin base and punch-mark decoration fastened his clothing on the front. While buckles of this type were widely used at that time, the closest analogies to the punch-mark decoration could be collected from the Carpathian Basin. Based on those, the burial could be dated to the mid or late 6 th century AD. Another outstanding feature of the cemetery was the four burials (including Grave 301) where the deceased were laid to rest in coffins made from or imitating log boats. Grave 301 also contained a rounded conical ivory object. The optical microscope and vibration spectroscopy analyses confirmed the initial hypotheses of the finders about the raw material of the artefact. Despite carrying out a comprehensive survey for analogies and an analysis of production and use-related marks, we could not determine what the object could have been used for; it may be a semi-finished product, but it could also be a toy or amulet. At any rate, it was made from a raw material which was extremely rare in the eastern part of the Carpathian Basin in the period in question. Grave 301 was positioned in a cluster comprising more child burials, with the graves of two adult women at the fringes; the ongoing archaeogenetical investigations may shed light on the connections between them
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |