Ainur ElmgrenJan 25
I wish I had time and energy to draw comics. I have at least three different epic storylines to finish in my lifetime, spinoffs not included. Here are the three heroes of my "600 AD" project, an Early Middle Ages picaresque. Basically I shoehorn some character concepts that I came up with as a teenager into what we currently know about that time period, which isn't much, but it's a fun thought experiment! #characterdesign #historicalfiction #historicalfantasy #HistoricalFashion #earlymiddleages #lateantiquity #600ad #avars #goths #gepids #inkdrawing
Ainur ElmgrenOct 5, 2025

Testing a video share on Mastodon. Part of my Pannonian Avar project. I watched a few videos on Youtube and practiced drawing lance moves. Content warning: Violence.

#drawing #avars #earlymedieval #lancer #speculativehistory #historicalcomics

Claude TrudelJan 24, 2025
Les Avars et les populations des Carpates : une barrière reproductive malgré des interactions culturelles
https://decouvertes-archeologiques.blogspot.com/2025/01/les-avars-et-les-populations-des.html
#archéologie #biologie #culture #civilisation #nomades #sédentaires #histoire #Europe #Avars
Les Avars et les populations des Carpates : Une barrière reproductive malgré des interactions culturelles

Suivi des découvertes archéologiques en cours et des événements dans le monde de l'archéologie.

Medievalists.netJan 17, 2025
Genetic Study Reveals Cultural Integration in Avar Communities in the Early Middle Ages https://www.medievalists.net/2025/01/genetic-study-avar-communities/ #Avars #History #Austria
Genetic Study Reveals Cultural Integration in Avar Communities in the Early Middle Ages - Medievalists.net

The Avars, a group that arrived in the region from the East Asian steppes in the 6th century AD, settled among a diverse local population. However, questions lingered about the ancestry of those buried in these 8th-century sites: were they descendants of the Avar conquerors, the local populations, or a mixture of both?

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Tünde Nagy-BántóJan 16, 2025

#GreatRead

❤️ interdisciplinary research

"We found that even 200 years after immigration, the ancestry at one site (Leobersdorf) remained dominantly East Asian-like, whereas the other site (Mödling) shows local, European-like ancestry. These two nearby sites show little biological relatedness, despite sharing a distinctive late-Avar culture."

This DNA analysis meets #archeology article about the #Avars around Vienna has some amazing findings + it is so well written.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08418-5

Ancient DNA reveals reproductive barrier despite shared Avar-period culture - Nature

Ancient genome-wide data of 722 individuals and interdisciplinary analysis of large seventh- to eighth-century ce neighbouring cemeteries near Vienna are used to address the impact of the encounter between Eastern Asian Avars and Europeans.

Nature
Marcial Tenreiro-BermudezJul 3, 2024

Archaeoethnologica: ZIRIDAVA Nº 37 - 2023

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2024/07/ziridava-n-37-2023.html

#Archaeology #MedievalArchaeology #prehistory #historicalarchaeology #arqueozoology #Avars #materialculture #slavs #BlackSea #EastEurope #agriculture #journal #openaccess

<b>ZIRIDAVA Nº 37 - 2023 </b>

ZIRIDAVA Nº 37 - 2023 Studia Archaeologica      INDEX Securi plate cu margini ridicate în morminte tumulare  preistorice cercetate în nor...

Archaeology News Jun 23, 2024

Czech archaeologists unearth unique bronze belt buckle from early Middle Ages

Czech archaeologists from Masaryk University in Brno have revealed a bronze belt buckle dating back to the eighth century, depicting a snake devouring a frog-like creature...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2023/12/bronze-belt-buckle-from-early-middle-ages/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #medieval #middleages #Avars

Czech archaeologists unearth unique bronze belt buckle from early Middle Ages

Czech archaeologists have revealed a bronze belt buckle dating back to the eighth century, depicting a snake devouring a frog-like creature.

Archaeology News Online Magazine
Show threadEcologia DigitalApr 30, 2024
"The #wholecemeteryDNA approach made it possible to reconstruct entire family trees. The 9-generation tree stretched from a founding male buried not long after the #Avars first arrived to a descendant 250 yrs later. The approach “made these people really come to life… how they organized their communities—something we never would see through written sources or #archaeology alone.”
https://www.science.org/content/article/massive-dna-study-reveals-mating-customs-mysterious-medieval-horse-riders
Matt WillemsenApr 25, 2024
DNA from ancient graves reveals the culture of a mysterious nomadic people
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01165-7 #human #migration #DNA #avars #Huns #hungary #LevirateUnions
DNA from ancient graves reveals the culture of a mysterious nomadic people

Hundreds of genomes shed light on the marriage habits and social norms of the Avar people of central Europe.

Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋Apr 24, 2024

"We present a set of large pedigrees, reconstructed using ancient DNA, spanning nine generations and comprising around 300 individuals. We uncover a strict patrilineal kinship system, in which patrilocality and female exogamy were the norm and multiple reproductive partnering and levirate unions were common. The absence of consanguinity indicates that this society maintained a detailed memory of ancestry over generations."

Gnecchi-Ruscone, G.A., Rácz, Z., Samu, L. et al. Network of large pedigrees reveals social practices of Avar communities. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07312-4

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Archaeology #History #Histodon #Histodons #Ancient #DNA #Genetics #Science #Avars #Academia #Academic #Academics @science @histodon @histodons