Vol. 3 No. 11 (2023)
Articles

Tiszakürt-Zsilke-tanya: An interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Avar Period cemetery

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  • Bence Gulyás,
  • Eszter Pásztor,
  • Kristóf Fehér,
  • Csilla Libor,
  • Tamás Szeniczey,
  • László Előd Aradi,
  • Réka Fülöp,
  • Kyra Lyublyanovics
Eszter Pásztor
Hungarian National Museum, National Institute of Archaeology, Budapest, Hungary
Kristóf Fehér
Hungarian National Museum, National Institute of Archaeology, Budapest, Hungary
Csilla Libor
Hungarian National Museum, National Institute of Archaeology, Budapest, Hungary
Tamás Szeniczey
Department of Anthropology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
László Előd Aradi
Hungarian National Museum, National Institute of Archaeology, Budapest, Hungary
Réka Fülöp
Hungarian National Museum, National Institute of Archaeology, Budapest, Hungary
Kyra Lyublyanovics
Hungarian National Museum, National Institute of Archaeology, Budapest, Hungary
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17204/dissarch.2023.293

Published 2024-03-26

Keywords

  • Early Avar Period,
  • Trans-Tisza Region,
  • burial rites,
  • beads,
  • XRF analysis,
  • SEM analysis,
  • bioarchaeology,
  • archaeozoology
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How to Cite

Gulyás, B., Pásztor, E., Fehér, K., Libor, C., Szeniczey, T., Aradi, L. E., Fülöp, R., & Lyublyanovics, K. (2024). Tiszakürt-Zsilke-tanya: An interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Avar Period cemetery. Dissertationes Archaeologicae, 3(11), 293–441. https://doi.org/10.17204/dissarch.2023.293

Abstract

A cemetery section comprising 35 burials was excavated at the site of Tiszakürt-Zsilke-tanya. The burial rites suggest that the community who interred their dead here was of East European steppe origin, settled primarily east of the Tisza River. The graves were poorly furnished; the main chronological indicators are melon seed-shaped beads and two pairs of earrings with big bead pendants. Based on these, the cemetery section can be dated between the 640s and the 680s. The archaeological analysis is complemented by an anthropological, archaeozoological, and pottery analysis, as well as a study of metal and glass composition.

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