Burials with sheepskins in light of the changes between the Early and Late Avar periods
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19369873 |
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| Authors | Zsófia Básti (0000-0003-1766-798X, Hungarian National Museum), Bence Gulyás (0000-0002-7682-2065, Hungarian National Museum) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 2024 |
| Pages | 81-108 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communicationes Archaeologicae Hungariae (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0231-133X • E-ISSN: 2786-295X |
| Publisher | Eötvös Loránd University (PUBLISHER • HU) |
| DOI | 10.54640/cah.2024.81 |
| OpenAlex | W4405573846 |
| Language | EN |
The article discusses graves in the Carpathian Basin that contain the skulls, legs or other remains of flayed sheep. Based on the distribution of the phenomenon, the burials of the Early and Middle-Late Avar periods can clearly be distinguished from each other. In the Carpathian Basin, burials with sheepskins concentrated east of the Tisza River in the Early Avar Period and reflect connections to the Eastern European steppe. After the mid-600s, the phenomenon became common in a much wider area and the method of flaying also changed
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Geography · Steppe · Structural basin · Byzantine Studies and History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Geology · Paleontology
| Highly cited | No |
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