UMELO DEFORMOVANÉ LEBKY V OBDOBÍ SŤAHOVANIA NÁRODOV A VO VČASNOM STREDOVEKU NA ÚZEMÍ SLOVENSKA

• Authors: Jozef Elgyütt

Title variants

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Artificially deformed skulls during the Migration Period in the early Middle ages on the territory of Slovakia

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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In the Migration Period custom of artificial cranial deformation comes in on our territory through the migration of ethnic groups. Deformations of this type are mainly associated with the arrival of the Huns in the Carpathian Basin. In rare cases, this custom occurs in the cemeteries of later period. There are various reasons for cranial deformation by human modifications. Variety of such incentives ranges from religious purposes up to highlight beauty of an individual. For the artificial modification of skulls different methods were used according to ethnic group customs. For cranial deformation a wide range of facilities were used.

Keywords

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SLOVAKIA; MIGRATION PERIOD; MEDIEVAL AGES; CEMETERIES; ARTIFICIALLY MODIFIED CRANES

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Študijné zvesti
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 56
• Pages: 111 - 121

Contributors

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Jozef Elgyütt

• Archeologický ústav SAV, Akademická 2, 949 21 Nitra, Slovak Republic