Fig. 1: Map of the Great Hungarian Plain showing the locations of the four sites analysed in this study.
From: Network of large pedigrees reveals social practices of Avar communities
Kunpeszér and Kunszállás are located in the DTI; Hajdúnánás and Rákóczifalva are in the TT region. Right, typical archaeological elements that characterize and distinguish between the two main habitation areas of steppe-descent populations of the Avar period: prestigious swords of the DTI elites (KUP) and evidence of burials with horse or animal skin at TT sites (RK). Bottom, timeline of the Avar period in the Carpathian Basin highlighting the three main chronological phases (early, middle and late) showing key historical events. Photo of Kunpeszér sword: Katona József Museum (Kecskemét, Hungary); photo of Rákóczifalva excavation: Sándor Hegedűs. The figure contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024. The map was plotted using R34.
