>Hello there. I already did an AMA on /pol/. I was surprised by the amount of response. It was a nice experience. >Now, I am going to do it here where it makes more more sense. >I studied archaeology i na country that is part of eastern Europe. Thx to my dedication I managed to start doing my PhD. on the Ludwig-Maximillians University in Munich. >I spend most of my time in Vienna with my second adviser because he is actually the one that I work with currently on this thesis. >If someone is wondering what do I specialize in, it is early medieval archaeology focused on steppe nomands, specifically the 6th-8th century Avars, Slavs, Germanic tribes, Bulgars in the region of the Carpathian basin.
You can ask anything. I will try to answer as best I can. If this thread goes well I might start posting threads with some legit images from excavations.
What parts of your research have you found most interesting? Has anything you have dug up ever been extremely surprising to you?
Colton Barnes
We used to have this trench that was very boring. It was on castlegrounds. 30 cm deep - nothing. After that came socialistic plastic flowers. After 100 cm of digging we found a fragmented ceramic furnace that was quite nice.
Recently during an excavation an arabic coin was found on a slavic fortress in Slovakia. That was really surprising.
There are more examples but these came to my mind first.
Jack Robinson
are you jewish?
Charles Brooks
What do you know about the Bronze Age history of your region?
Jackson Bailey
fellow easterner here
How is the job paid? Why study in Austria/Germany, and not at home? How supportive is the local government, and funding and stuff (I guess you're doing excavations in Hungary)
Sebastian Morris
You ever found something? Also do steppe nomads have specific way of burial or do they just put grave stone.
Dylan Ross
What do you think about child cemeteries in Carthage? Some archaeologists say it was for child sacrifice.
Chase Sanchez
No. I am a halfbreed. German, hungarian, slovak.
Tyler King
I know the basics. I can direct you to your interest.
Carson Gonzalez
Show me the publication where it is suggested and I will tell you my opinion.
She published in the journal antiquity. I don`t know which exact publication thou.
Dylan Butler
It sucks in eastern Europe. I study there now because because I have better opportunities to do my jobs, the experts there are just more professional and it pays better. I am not doing excavations now. I only use documentation from some graveyards. Some of them are from Hungary.
Ayden Perez
I did. A ceramic furnace, many pottery fragments, bones, some human some from animals, wooden pillars (wood is a valuable find because you can absolutely date it with dendrochronology).
Kayden Barnes
How much of each..?
Andrew Morales
I think I remember from the /pol/ ama a while back that you had an affinity for the Avars. I don't know much about them, so could you give me a nice summary of them or what you like about them?
Anything cool found recently on them?
Hunter Johnson
How much continuity was there between the Roman provinces and the post-Roman kingdoms of the Pannonia basin?
Alexander Morales
I would say 40% German, 40% hungarian and 20% slovak.
Ryan Fisher
There was no continuity. After the collapse of the western empire it fell to the barbarians. Barbarisation began already in the beginning of the 5. century though. You can look up the Keszthely culture. A small society around roman forts that survived near the lake Balaton and was connected to Rome at least until the 8. century. The Avars were tolerant towards them.
Blake Reed
They probably came from the region of Mongolia because of the threat the newly formed Gokturk empire posed to them. The Avars were maybe the ancient juan-juan people that are referenced in chinese written sources. In european history they are mentioned firstly by the Byzantines. Their qagan (ruler) Bajan was mentioned too. They were steppe nomads used to spend most of their days on a saddle. Their contribution to the advancement of military technology is the introduction of spurs. However they did not use stirrups because the horses they used had a high temper. Another signature practice is the burial of a complete horse, either separate or with a rider. They spoke probably some mongolian-turkic dialect. But we do not know for sure. It should also be noted that the material culture is pretty heterogenic in the early stages of their settlement in the Carpathian basin so they consisted of more tribes.
Noah Diaz
I shall have a look at it.
Henry Kelly
I also forgot to say that steppe nomads are not all the same. It depends of the specific period and culture. Most of the nomadic cultures that existed in eurasian steppes used inhumation. Putting the body inside the grave. Some also included horse remains or entire horses like the Avars. Be careful with gravestones. We do not know how many societies decorated the graves above ground because the evidence was lost.
David Murphy
What do you focus most on? Just whatever comes your way or do you have a specific topic you're into?
Caleb Wilson
hello again op, archaeologist from croatia here...
William Ward
How toxic or cool is the profession and academia?
Do you ever wish you went into something that pays better?
In your specialisation what are the big current issues being worked on?
Camden Williams
Read my OP. There is the answer.
Caleb Roberts
Hey there. What are you into?
William Scott
Is the collection of the things you said in the Berlin museum island good?
