EAA2022: Abstract
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Title & Content
Title:
Postmarital residence practices in the Avar Period Eastern Transdanubia, Hungary
Content:
In 568 AD the Avars, an Asian-originated tribal confederation appeared in the Carpathian Basin. The Avar conquerors united under their rule the whole territory, subjugated its inhabitant and eventually established the Avar Khaganate. The provision of the regions was mainly implemented in a nomadic way. Thus, the established polity constituted a different way from the early European development.
During the early Avar period, Eastern Transdanubia can be regarded as a contact zone between the steppe, the Merovingian and the Mediterranean worlds. The coexistence was not only cultural, but it took also place at the biological level of populations.
Postmarital residence analysis accompanied with biodistance analysis could provide a suitable tool to explore the biological and social interactions between the different populations. Phenotypic traits of the human remains can be used as a proxy to evaluate the diversion between different populations and the extent of sex-specific variation. Significant differences in morphological variability between the sexes could be indicative of a sex-biased pattern of postmarital residence. Postmarital residence analysis in this study is based on the assumption that the sex with a higher migration rate exhibits greater phenotypic variability.
Concerning the between- and within-group variability of the sexes, it is possible to assume a higher rate of female exchange between the communities.
The study was supported by the „HistoGenes” (ERC Synergy grant).
During the early Avar period, Eastern Transdanubia can be regarded as a contact zone between the steppe, the Merovingian and the Mediterranean worlds. The coexistence was not only cultural, but it took also place at the biological level of populations.
Postmarital residence analysis accompanied with biodistance analysis could provide a suitable tool to explore the biological and social interactions between the different populations. Phenotypic traits of the human remains can be used as a proxy to evaluate the diversion between different populations and the extent of sex-specific variation. Significant differences in morphological variability between the sexes could be indicative of a sex-biased pattern of postmarital residence. Postmarital residence analysis in this study is based on the assumption that the sex with a higher migration rate exhibits greater phenotypic variability.
Concerning the between- and within-group variability of the sexes, it is possible to assume a higher rate of female exchange between the communities.
The study was supported by the „HistoGenes” (ERC Synergy grant).
Keywords:
Avar Period, Bioarchaeology, Postmarital residence, Mobility
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authors
Main authors:
Tamás Szeniczey1
Co-author:
Krisztián Kiss1,2
Csilla Líbor1,3
Antónia Marcsik4
Zsuzsanna Hajnal5
Frigyes Szücsi3
Zsófia Rácz6
Tamás Hajdu1
Csilla Líbor1,3
Antónia Marcsik4
Zsuzsanna Hajnal5
Frigyes Szücsi3
Zsófia Rácz6
Tamás Hajdu1
Affiliations:
1 Department of Biological Anthropology, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Science, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
2 Department of Anthropology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Hungary
3 Szent István Király Museum
4 Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Szeged
5 Hungarian National Museum
6 Department of Hungarian Medieval and Early Modern Archaeology, Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University
2 Department of Anthropology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Hungary
3 Szent István Király Museum
4 Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Szeged
5 Hungarian National Museum
6 Department of Hungarian Medieval and Early Modern Archaeology, Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University