scholarly journals A (Needle) Case in Point: Transformations in the Carpathian Basin During the Early Middle Ages (Late Avar Period, 8th–9th century ad) – CORRIGENDUM

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-453
Author(s):  
Gergely Szenthe ◽  
Erwin Gáll
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Carpathian Basin ◽  
Early Middle Ages ◽  
Point Transformations

A (Needle) Case in Point: Transformations in the Carpathian Basin During the Early Middle Ages (Late Avar Period, 8th–9th century ad)

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Gergely Szenthe ◽  
Erwin Gáll
Keyword(s):  
Communication Network ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Ninth Century ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Carpathian Basin ◽  
Point Transformations ◽  
In Series ◽  
Hungarian Plain

In the late Avar period (eighth to ninth century ad), vast quantities of utilitarian artefacts were produced in series in the Carpathian Basin, a phenomenon not seen since the end of the Roman period. The distribution of these articles reflects not only the region's settlement pattern, but also how these artefacts were disseminated. The communication network in the Carpathian Basin underwent a significant transformation between the early and late Avar period: its major nodes, equated with population centres but not necessarily with elite centres, contributed to moulding a social and cultural milieu that included specialized craftsmen. An early single hub in southern Transdanubia was replaced by multiple centres by the late Avar period. Around ad 700, a bipolar settlement pattern emerges in the southern part of the Carpathian Basin. It seems that the Great Hungarian Plain began to play an equal, if not dominant, role in the communication network of the Carpathian Basin at this time.

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