The Gepids in Serbian archaeology: Evidence and interpretations
Abstract
In this article we reassess late fifth- and sixth-century Germanic finds from present-day Serbia,
usually attributed to the Gepids, and try to present a model for their more accurate interpretation.
In doing so, we try to avoid the ‘mixed argumentation’ by combining securely dated archaeological
finds with historical-geographical knowledge. While most of the finds from Banat and Bačka can be
seen as Gepidic, we suggest another – Herulic – affiliation of the finds from eastern Syrmia, Serbian Danube region, and perhaps southern Banat, while the finds from the Central Balkans are too few to allow any sustainable interpretation.
Keywords:
Gepids / Heruls / foederati / Germanic finds / interpretation / Banat / Bačka / Syrmia / Serbian Danube region / Central BalkansSource:
Kollaps – Neuordnung – Kontinuität. Gepiden nach dem Untergang des Hunnenreiches. Tagungsakten der Internationalen Konferenz an der Eötvös Loránd Universität, Budapest, 14. – 15. Dezember 2015 / Collapse – Reorganizantion – Continuity. Gepids after the Fall of the Hun Empire. Proceedings of the International Conference at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 14th–15th December 2015, 2019, 275-306Publisher:
- Budapest : Institut für Archäologiewissenschaften, Eötvös Loránd Universität
- Budapest : Institut für Archäologie des Forschungszentrums für Humanwissenschaften der Ungarischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Mainz : Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Archäologie, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum
Funding / projects:
- Urbanisation Processes and Development of Mediaeval Society (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-177021)
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Археолошки институт / Institute of ArchaeologyTY - CONF AU - Bugarski, Ivan AU - Ivanišević, Vujadin PY - 2019 UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1336 AB - In this article we reassess late fifth- and sixth-century Germanic finds from present-day Serbia, usually attributed to the Gepids, and try to present a model for their more accurate interpretation. In doing so, we try to avoid the ‘mixed argumentation’ by combining securely dated archaeological finds with historical-geographical knowledge. While most of the finds from Banat and Bačka can be seen as Gepidic, we suggest another – Herulic – affiliation of the finds from eastern Syrmia, Serbian Danube region, and perhaps southern Banat, while the finds from the Central Balkans are too few to allow any sustainable interpretation. PB - Budapest : Institut für Archäologiewissenschaften, Eötvös Loránd Universität PB - Budapest : Institut für Archäologie des Forschungszentrums für Humanwissenschaften der Ungarischen Akademie der Wissenschaften PB - Mainz : Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Archäologie, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum C3 - Kollaps – Neuordnung – Kontinuität. Gepiden nach dem Untergang des Hunnenreiches. Tagungsakten der Internationalen Konferenz an der Eötvös Loránd Universität, Budapest, 14. – 15. Dezember 2015 / Collapse – Reorganizantion – Continuity. Gepids after the Fall of the Hun Empire. Proceedings of the International Conference at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 14th–15th December 2015 T1 - The Gepids in Serbian archaeology: Evidence and interpretations EP - 306 SP - 275 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1336 ER -
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Bugarski, I.,& Ivanišević, V.. (2019). The Gepids in Serbian archaeology: Evidence and interpretations. in Kollaps – Neuordnung – Kontinuität. Gepiden nach dem Untergang des Hunnenreiches. Tagungsakten der Internationalen Konferenz an der Eötvös Loránd Universität, Budapest, 14. – 15. Dezember 2015 / Collapse – Reorganizantion – Continuity. Gepids after the Fall of the Hun Empire. Proceedings of the International Conference at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 14th–15th December 2015 Budapest : Institut für Archäologiewissenschaften, Eötvös Loránd Universität., 275-306. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1336
Bugarski I, Ivanišević V. The Gepids in Serbian archaeology: Evidence and interpretations. in Kollaps – Neuordnung – Kontinuität. Gepiden nach dem Untergang des Hunnenreiches. Tagungsakten der Internationalen Konferenz an der Eötvös Loránd Universität, Budapest, 14. – 15. Dezember 2015 / Collapse – Reorganizantion – Continuity. Gepids after the Fall of the Hun Empire. Proceedings of the International Conference at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 14th–15th December 2015. 2019;:275-306. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1336 .
Bugarski, Ivan, Ivanišević, Vujadin, "The Gepids in Serbian archaeology: Evidence and interpretations" in Kollaps – Neuordnung – Kontinuität. Gepiden nach dem Untergang des Hunnenreiches. Tagungsakten der Internationalen Konferenz an der Eötvös Loránd Universität, Budapest, 14. – 15. Dezember 2015 / Collapse – Reorganizantion – Continuity. Gepids after the Fall of the Hun Empire. Proceedings of the International Conference at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 14th–15th December 2015 (2019):275-306, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1336 .