UNIQUE SILK FINDS FROM THE 10TH CENTURY CARPATHIAN BASIN

28th EAA Annual Meeting Budapest, Hungary 31 August - 3 September 2022 Abstract book ORGANISERS PARTNERS SPONSORS HOW TO READ THE ABSTRACT BOOK The Abstract Book is ordered by session numbers which were allocated during the session submission (i.e., the number sequence is discontinuous). Author’s affiliation is stated in brackets following the author’s name; where authors share the same affiliation, it is only stated once. Index of Authors includes all session organisers and only the main authors of contributions. Please note that names, titles and affiliations are reproduced as submitted by the session organisers and/or authors. Language and wording of titles and abstracts are not revised. 28th EAA Annual Meeting (Budapest, Hungary, 2022) – Abstract Book Technical editing: Kateřina Kleinová (EAA) Design and layout: Kateřina Kleinová (EAA) Design cover page: Aliz Ertler ISBN: 978-80-88441-02-1 European Association of Archaeologists Prague, July 2022 © European Association of Archaeologists, 2022 28th EAA Annual Meeting (Budapest, Hungary, 2022) ABSTRACT BOOK Contents... 10 United Europe of Things 3: Understanding Transition - Integration - [Re]Integration through Medieval Material Culture ........................................................................................................................................................................... 7 12 Seeing the ‘Art’ in Artifacts: The Inter-connections of Archaeology and the Arts ............................................................ 10 16 The Dawn, Apogee and Modern Demise of Kurgans in Southeast and East-central Europe ......................................... 18 17 Becoming a Published Archaeologist [ECA].......................................................................................................................... 23 27 Engaging the Public, Heritage and Educators through Material Culture Research ......................................................... 23 32 Skyscape, Landscape and Archaeology. Study of Ancient Buildings from Different Perspectives and Disciplines to Give Them a Cultural Meaning [SEAC-EAA] ................................................................................................... 27 35 Where’s My Tribe? Developing New Approaches to Connectivity, Mobility and Community in Early Medieval Europe after the Ethnic Paradigm ......................................................................................................................... 32 38 Characterization of Lithic Material in Prehistory, Methods, Problems, Results .................................................................... 36 39 Presentism and the Archaeologies of the Present: Engaged Practices and Methodologies.......................................... 39 45 Becoming Roman: The Role of Biological Resources in the Expansion of New Economic and Cultural Models throughout the Empire .............................................................................................................................................................. 44 51 Conquest, Migration and Cultural Change in the Medieval Mediterranean .................................................................... 50 53 Technology, Regionalisation and Environmental Adaptation in Europe and beyond [PaM] ......................................... 59 67 Cremation Funerary Practices across the Roman Empire: A Bioarchaeological Approach ........................................... 61 83 Climatic Changes in the Medieval World: Evidence for Adaptation and Resilience....................................................... 66 85 Understanding Neanderthal Symbolic and Cultural Behaviour and Their Cognitive Underpinnings. Where Do We Stand? [PaM] ...................................................................................................................................................................... 69 86 Prehistoric Warriorhood in Transition ........................................................................................................................................ 70 90 The Technology and Use of Metals in the Prehistoric Eastern Mediterranean: Recent Advances through Microscale Analysis ................................................................................................................................................................... 76 93 Beyond the Chronology and Pathways of Dispersal: Reasoning the Use and Abandonment of Broomcorn Millet Cultivation across Eurasia ......................................................................................................................................................... 79 96 Neither River nor Lake: Human-made ‘Waterscapes’. The Use of Ground- and Rainwater in Neolithic Times ............. 85 98 Hunter-Gatherer’s Societies in the Southwestern Europe between 18,500-10,000 cal. BP [PaM].................................... 87 100 Human Forensic Taphonomy – How Multidisciplinary Approaches Shed Light on Past Funerary Practices .................. 94 102 Campaigning Strategies for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage - Principles, Strategies, and Practical Experiences .............................................................................................................................................................................. 100 108 The Times Are a Changing - Socio-Cultural and Ecological Change during the Atlantic Biozone and Their Impact on Human Life [PaM] .................................................................................................................................................................... 103 109 Animal and Plant Management in Prehistoric Hunter-Fisher-Gatherer Communities [PaM] ......................................... 105 112 Prehistoric Inter-Societal Dynamics along the Atlantic Façade II. Neolithic to the Iron Age ......................................... 109 126 Limiting Spaces: The Attribution of Spatial Meaning through the Creation of Boundaries ............................................ 112 127 Integrations, Interactions, and Intersections in Islamic Archaeologies of Afro-Eurasia ................................................... 118 128 Above and around 60 Degrees North: Movement of Ideas, Practices, Materials and People AD 300-1300 .............. 123 129 Populism, Authoritarianism, Autocracy and Other Kids of Neo-liberalism – in Academia and Archaeology ............. 127 130 New Interactions and Relations with Heritage. Different Approaches between Heritage and Stakeholders ............ 128 134 In the Margins of the Fabric: Towards a Social Archaeology of Industrial Impact in the Modern and Contemporary Eras ................................................................................................................................................................. 132 135 The Medieval Marketplace in Europe - Interdisciplinary and Theoretical Approaches to Its Biographies and Developments.......................................................................................................................................................................... 136 142 Gender Archaeology at the Crossroads: The Future and Its Challenges [AGE].............................................................. 141 143 The Evolution of Coastal Archaeological Sites: Submerged, Preserved, in Flux .............................................................. 146 149 Interactions, Innovation and Communication in the Late Neolithic and Copper Age ................................................. 150 153 Apps and Archaeology. Use of Apps as Archaeological Tools ......................................................................................... 160 154 Towards an Archaeology of Household Practices – Current Archaeological and Scientific Contributions ................ 163 157 Finds Stories: Archaeological Biographies in Contexts of Mobility ..................................................................................... 168 161 Peripheral Regions in the Prehistory of Temperate Europe................................................................................................. 172 162 Digital Humanities and Medieval Archaeology: Re-Integrating Isolated, Fragmented and Overlooked Archaeological Evidence ...................................................................................................................................................... 175 170 The Houses of Death as Ancestral Monuments. The Archaeology of Neolithic Long Barrows in Europe ..................... 181 174 Rhythms of Life. Exploring the Imprints of Temporalities and Annual Cycles on Prehistoric Settled Life........................ 185 176 Ornaments as a Key to Understanding the Hunter-Gatherer to Farming Transition in Europe ...................................... 188 177 Organic Materials in Tombs: The Quiet Protagonists ........................................................................................................... 192 180 Multi-proxy Microarchaeological Approaches: State of the Art, New Advances, Limitations and Future Perspectives ............................................................................................................................................................................. 195 181 Control the Divine: Integrating Sacred Spaces and Rituals at the ‘Fringes’ (Ancient Central and South Asia).......... 206 184 Center vs Periphery. Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Material Culture, Architecture, and Landscape in the Caucasus Region ..................................................................................................................................... 210 187 The Network Former: Trade and Exchange of Glass in Antiquity ....................................................................................... 212 192 Multi-proxy Approaches to Kinship in the Greco-Roman World ........................................................................................ 217 194 Safer-Spaces Policies in Archaeological Practice [EAA ExB] ............................................................................................. 220 195 Silk: A Catalyst for Interconnection in the Sixth to Tenth Centuries AD/CE....................................................................... 221 196 “A Universe with an Additional Dimension”: The Socioenvironmental Archaeology of Fishing [PaM] ......................... 226 197 Standardization in Qualitative and Quantitative Use-wear Analysis of Prehistoric Stone Tools: Discussing Issues and Solutions [PaM] ................................................................................................................................................................ 229 198 From Fire to Light ...................................................................................................................................................................... 233 201 “For the Love” – The Impact and Potential of Amateur Enthusiasts on Archaeologial Sites and Activities ................. 238 203 Across the Maelstrom: Searching for New Departures in the Archaeology of the Viking Age ..................................... 238 206 No Braudel for the Balkans? Forging a New, Interconnected Prehistory of the Balkan Peninsula ................................ 241 207 Remembrance of Things Past: New Approaches to the Construction and Uses of Cultural Memory from Iron Age to Antiquity ............................................................................................................................................................... 249 208 Telling Stories about Impacts of Academic Research in Archaeology on Society: Wider Lessons from the UK Research Excellence Framework Experience [EAA ExB] .................................................................................................... 251 210 Digging Women: Use and Misuse of Ancient Women as Role Models in Archaeological Research and Dissemination [AGE] ................................................................................................................................................................ 252 211 Right Here, Let’s Get It Right Now. Collaborative Creation of Standards and Guidance to Define Good Archaeology in Different Jurisdictions ................................................................................................................................... 255 213 Isoscapes, Foodwebs and Provenance – Isotope Archaeology beyond Materials and Specialisations .................... 258 215 Facing Water Resources and Variations in Central Asia from Prehistory to Timurid Period: Disaster(s), Adaptation, Anticipation ....................................................................................................................................................... 268 218 Science or Humanities – Whither Archaeology? ................................................................................................................. 271 220 Apprenticeship as Research Method ................................................................................................................................... 276 221 Revisiting Husbandry and Subsistence in Southwestern Asia Using Integrated Approaches and the Latest Development in Bioarchaeology .......................................................................................................................................... 278 222 Ad Salubritatem Civitatum. The Archaeology of Water Evacuation Infrastructures in Roman Urban Settlements .... 281 223 Winds of Change? Post-medieval and Historical Archaeology in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean ............ 284 224 Hunter-gatherers Resilience: Adaptation Patterns to Climatic Shifts at Different Latitudes from MIS3 to MIS 1 [PaM] ............................................................................................................................................................................... 290 225 Anarchy and Archaeology: Towards New Theoretical and Practical Perspectives ....................................................... 296 226 Foreign vs Local in Medieval and Modern Age Foodways in the Baltic Sea Region...................................................... 300 229 Development and Use of Garden Archaeology in Different Parts of Europe, Comparing Individual Approaches, Interactions, Cooperation to Asses Their Effectiveness ....................................................................................................... 302 230 Sediment and Soil Archives to Decipher Human-environment Interactions in Wetland Landscapes from the Neolithic to the XXth Century .......................................................................................................................................... 305 231 Bioanthropology in Western Asia: Moving forward (A Session in Honour of Prof Holger Schutkowski) ......................... 314 232 Dressing Europe: Mapping and Disseminating European Textile Heritage through Digital Resources ......................... 319 233 Islands, Monasteries and Water Management.................................................................................................................... 324 237 Protecting the Past Is the Key to the Future: Rights of Archaeological Heritage Stakeholders and Social Justice..... 326 239 A Look beneath the Surface: Micro-archaeological and Geoarchaeological Approaches to the Study of Occupation Surfaces .............................................................................................................................................................. 330 241 Archaeology as Study of the Future...................................................................................................................................... 338 243 Coming Back to Life: Reuse of Medieval Buildings.............................................................................................................. 342 248 New Approaches to Lithic Raw Material Studies: Inferring Past Human Mobility [PaM] ................................................. 345 250 From Local to Microregional and Beyond: Spatial Structures in and around the Early Medieval Carpathian Basin .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 354 252 Borderline Lithics: From Spatial Patterns to Social Processes during the European Neolithization [PaM] ..................... 359 254 Understanding the Dynamics of Making and Trading Goods across Medium and Long Distances in the 2nd Millennium BC........................................................................................................................................................................... 364 256 Curation or Reburial — Current Practices and Decision Making on Storing Human Skeletons in Archaeological and Historical Collections ....................................................................................................................................................... 371 257 Big Project, Big Data: Creating a Web of Knowledge ........................................................................................................ 374 260 Whose Pot Is It Anyway? Style, Influence, Integration and Meaning in European Ceramics ........................................ 379 263 Craft Specialization in Worked Hard Osseous Materials: Conversations on a Complex Conceptual Category in Archaeology ............................................................................................................................................................................ 386 264 Bioarchaeological Approach to Human Health throughout the Medieval Period in Europe ....................................... 390 267 Towards the sea: human ecology, subsistence and adaptations along the European coasts from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Neolithic [PaM] ....................................................................................................................................... 397 268 Human Remains: Between Objects of Science and Lived Lives. Toward a New Ethics for Human Remains in Archaeology ............................................................................................................................................................................ 404 269 More than Walls and Fences - The Importance of Space and Boundaries in Systems of Violence and Oppression ............................................................................................................................................................................... 407 271 The Social Role of Pottery and Potters in Neolithic and Copper Age Societies of the Balkans and Central Europe ......................................................................................................................................................................... 410 273 FAIRly Front-loading the Archive: Moving beyond Findable, Accessible and Interoperable to Reuse of Archaeological Data .............................................................................................................................................................. 418 274 Approaches to Communities in the Past and the Present ................................................................................................. 428 275 The Role of Archaeology (and Archaeologists) in the Covid-19 Recovery Plans across Europe and beyond [EAA ExB] .................................................................................................................................................................... 435 280 Pottery and Identity in the European Neolithic: The Interpretative Path between Archaeological Features and (Pre)Historical Narratives ................................................................................................................................................. 440 283 (Re)integration of the Carpathian Basin into the European Middle Palaeolithic: Cultural Contacts, Interregional Mobilities, Variability in Subsistence and Settlement Strategies [PaM] ............................................................................. 447 284 Visualizing, Interpreting, and Presenting Archaeological Sites to the Public ................................................................... 452 285 Gender Dynamics at the Dawn of the Classical World: An Indigenous Perspective [AGE] .......................................... 460 286 Public Archaeology and Sites of Conflict [Public Archaeology Community] ................................................................. 465 287 Macroarchaeology - Definition, Objectives and Applications of a New Archaeological Paradigm .......................... 468 289 The Materiality of Lived Religion Under and After Rome .................................................................................................... 473 291 Interaction in Neolitization, Neolitization as Interaction. Archaeological Data and Analytical Procedures for Defining Interaction Contexts [PaM] ..................................................................................................................................... 477 298 Raw Material Acquisition, Management and Technological Choices from the Mesolithic to the Bronze Age in South-Eastern Europe [PaM]................................................................................................................................................... 481 304 Investigating Székely History through Regional and Interdisciplinary Approaches ......................................................... 487 305 Unravelling the Urban Palimpsest: The Re-use and Integration of Urban Fabric in Time and Space [Urban Archaeology Community]...................................................................................................................................................... 491 306 Early Iron Age Landscape Transformations in the Carpathian Basin and Adjacent Areas ............................................ 496 309 From the Present to the Past and Back: Crossing Disciplinary and Time Boundaries in Agricultural Research ............ 501 311 Community Archaeology of the Edges: Challenges and Solutions .................................................................................. 508 312 Continuity and Discontinuity of Transport Systems from Antiquity to the Present ............................................................ 508 315 New Technologies, New Trends, New Ethics in Cultural Heritage Management ............................................................ 513 316 Small Objects Reflecting Great Changes ............................................................................................................................ 518 320 Archaeologies of Displacement Heritage, Memory, Materiality ....................................................................................... 522 321 Human Resilience during Eurasian Paleolithic and Mesolithic from a Bioarchaeological Perspective [PaM] ............ 524 323 Microhistory and Social Archaeology in Western Europe .................................................................................................. 532 324 Roman Housing on the Shores of the Eastern Mediterranean. Global Trends, Local Responses? ................................ 536 325 “Open Science” in Archaeology and Heritage: Challenges and Future Perspectives.................................................. 539 326 Machine Learning and the Creation of Archaeological Narratives ................................................................................. 542 327 Stone Age Stray Finds and How to Use Them [PaM] ........................................................................................................... 544 330 Sustainability in Archaeology and Today: An Interdisciplinary Approach ....................................................................... 551 331 Possibilities and Challenges of the Archaeological Science Revolution in the Caucasus ............................................. 556 336 Experimental approaches to Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Archaeology [PaM] .............................................................. 561 337 Archaeology Matters. The Need to Re-define the Relevance of Archaeology [EAA ExB] ............................................ 566 338 Pottery from Post-medieval Period in Carpathian Basin. Evolution or Revolution? ......................................................... 566 339 “More than Just Bones” - Understanding Past Human Adaption and Behaviour through the Study of Human Remains....................................................................................................................................................................... 568 340 North European Trading Networks for Iron and Copper ..................................................................................................... 586 341 Oversea and Inland – Culture Contact Dynamics in the Mediterranean during the 1st Millennium BCE .................... 589 342 What Do Archaeologists Want from a Distributed Science Infrastructure? Introducing IPERION HS and E-RIHS ......... 592 343 Metals and Metalworking in the Borderlands ...................................................................................................................... 593 344 Integrating Neandertal Legacy: New Opportunities for Cooperation [PaM].................................................................. 601 345 Let It Burn! Experimental and Ethnoarchaeological Approaches in Pyroarchaeology ................................................. 608 346 Bringing Roman Coarse Ware to the Point: The Challenge of a Common Approach .................................................. 615 347 Natural Resources of Highlands and Hinterlands in the Mediterranean........................................................................... 618 349 Dark Horse – Archaeologies of Horses and Horse Culture in the Middle Ages ................................................................ 622 350 [Re]Integrating a Dispersed Agenda: Advancing Archaeological Research in Central Eurasia.................................. 627 351 Routed Archaeology III – Getting around ............................................................................................................................ 632 353 Ethics, Conflict Archaeology and Society in the 20th and 21st Centuries........................................................................ 636 354 ‘Hidden Hillforts’. The Importance of Archival Sources for the Future Study of Fortifications [COMFORT] ................... 639 355 Re-visiting the Global/Local Continuum in Archaeological Heritage Practice: Contrasting Histories, Perspectives, and Experiences within and beyond Europe ............................................................................................... 644 358 Can You See Me? Putting the ‘Human’ Back into ‘Human-Plant Interactions’ [ARCHWILD] ........................................ 645 359 Borderlands, Interaction Zones, and Bounded Spaces in the Prehistoric Eastern Mediterranean: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Reconstruction of Connectivity ..................................................................................................................... 651 362 Balkan Archaeology as a Laboratory: Challenging Old Paradigms and Experimenting with New Ones ................... 659 365 Life and Death behind the Wall: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Monasticism in Past ................................................. 664 366 Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Analysis of Funerary Archaeology during the Bronze - Iron Age Transition in Atlantic Europe ........................................................................................................................................................................ 669 367 Agent-based Modelling of Socio-ecological Systems in Archaeology. Towards a New Research Community ........ 672 368 Avocational Metal-Detecting in Europe: International Experiences and Local Considerations ................................... 676 369 Commerce in the Late Antique West: Approaches to Analyse Trade Networks in Times of Change .......................... 676 371 Population History and Community Formation in Early Medieval East-Central Europe: Integrating Genetic, Isotopic, Archaeological and Historical Perspectives......................................................................................................... 680 372 Advances in Geometric Morphometric Methods Applied to Lithic Studies [PaM] ......................................................... 690 373 Discussing the Future of Big Data for the Study of the Human Past .................................................................................. 693 374 The Archaeobotanical Puzzle: (Dis)Integrating Botanical Proxies to Better Comprehend Past Plant-People Interactions ............................................................................................................................................................................... 697 375 The Societal Impacts of Climate Changes in the Past – What Can Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology Contribute to the Current Debate? [PaM] .............................................................................................................................................. 702 376 Economic Systems in the Neolithic and Bronze Age: Pathways of Production, Consumption, Storage, Control and Exchange ........................................................................................................................................................... 705 378 Moving beyond the Fact of Mobility? Re-evaluating the Strengths and Limitations of Strontium Isotope Analyses in Archaeology ........................................................................................................................................................ 711 379 The Archaeology of Large-scale Conflicts: The Emergence of the Mongol Empire and the Invasion of Central-Europe in its Eurasian Context .................................................................................................................................. 720 380 Can you Future Proof Skill Development Work in Archaeology? ...................................................................................... 721 381 Waterscapes: Traces of Interaction between People and Water from Neolithic to Bronze Age Europe .................... 722 382 Technology, Risk, and Change .............................................................................................................................................. 727 383 Scaling up: Archaeological Science Contributions to Big-picture Narratives on Human-Animal Relations ................ 731 384 Women’s Status and Agency in the Neolithic and Metal Ages of Central Europe [AGE] ............................................. 732 385 Place Name and Archaeology – New Interdisciplinary Approaches in Europe ............................................................. 737 388 Towards an Open Platform for Computer Simulations of Past Socio-ecological Systems .............................................. 741 389 Moving into the Mediterranean – New Developments in the Research on Genetics, Mobility, Culture Change and Languages ........................................................................................................................................................ 741 390 All on Walls. Current Issues on Historical Wall Painting Science, Conservation, and Restoration .................................. 747 392 The Anti-HABI Toolkit: Practical Solutions and Measures for Preventing and Addressing Harassment, Assault, Bullying and Intimidation in Archaeology [AGE] ................................................................................................................. 752 394 So Many Settlements so Few Graves? Neolithic and Chalcolithic Practices with the Dead in Circum Pontic Region and Southeastern Europe ............................................................................................................................. 754 395 Medieval Stone Monuments: Reuse and (Re)Integration .................................................................................................. 757 396 Reenactment and Living Museum – Make History Accessible .......................................................................................... 759 397 Archaeological Prospection and Field Evaluation Practice from Bologna Process to Convention of La Valetta. Do We Practice What We Preach? [Archaeological Prospection] .............................................................. 764 399 Linking Databases for Comparing Research: Do We Need a European Hillfort Information System? [COMFORT] .... 769 400 Step by Step. The Rough Road towards Community Archaeology .................................................................................. 769 401 To Use or Not to Use: 3D Documentation in Fieldwork and in the Lab [3D-Archaeology] ............................................. 772 402 Scaling Bronze Age Societies – Between the Micro and Macro ....................................................................................... 776 403 Domestication of Space: Internal and External Dwelling Structures in Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Sites [PaM] ... 779 404 Socio-environmental Systems and Resilience to Disturbance Regimes ........................................................................... 781 405 “The Grass Is Always Greener on the Other Side?” The Benefit of the Local and Regional Lithic Raw Materials ....... 785 406 Ancient and Traditional Crafts in Changing Environments: Addressing the Needs for Temporal Perspectives .......... 786 407 Digital Religioscapes: Current Methodologies and Novelties in the Analysis of Sacr(aliz)ed Spaces ........................... 790 416 Challenging Island Archaeology with the Third Science Revolution ................................................................................ 794 417 As Far as Vases Go: Studies on Ancient Greek Pottery Trade and Its Contexts ............................................................... 801 419 Using Forensic Archaeological Approaches to Inform the Past ........................................................................................ 807 420 EAA Community for Climate Change and Heritage (CCH) Roundtable......................................................................... 814 421 Space Syntax: The Material Imprints of Spatial Integration Processes .............................................................................. 814 422 ‘… In with the New!’: The Future of Archaeological Research in Medieval Europe ....................................................... 818 424 Actors, Not Spectators. Community Representation in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in the 21st century ....... 819 426 From Isotope Ratios to Narratives: Exploring the Ways that Biogeochemical Studies are Impacting Eurasian Archaeology ............................................................................................................................................................................ 823 427 Prehistoric Histories: Linking Individual Agency and Broad Transformations..................................................................... 828 430 Percussive Osseous Industry a Human Revolution between Pre-formation and Waste Selection [PaM] ..................... 830 432 Logistics and Natural Resources: Supply and Transportation through Time (5th century BC – 5th century AD).......... 833 434 Creation of European Identities – Food, Textiles and Metals in the Iron Age Between Alps, Pannonia and Balkans ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 836 436 General session ........................................................................................................................................................................ 839 437 Reintegration in Medieval Archaeology (MERC Forum) .................................................................................................... 844 438 Europe’s medieval past: a manifesto (MERC Round table)............................................................................................... 844 Index of session organisers and authors.................................................................................................................................848 etery by the Mikulčice basilica. A total of 11 samite-type fabric finds have been recorded from Mikulčice, offering convincing proof that this luxury material was available to the inhabitants of the Mikulčice hillfort, even though it was affordable only by a very small group of the richest or most influential people. 8 UNIQUE SILK FINDS FROM THE 10TH CENTURY CARPATHIAN BASIN Abstract author(s): Harangi, Flórián (Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Institute of Archaeological Sciences; Ásatárs Ltd.) - Türk, Attila (Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Institute of Archaeological Sciences) - H. Szabó, Krisztina (Hungarian National Museum, National Archaeological Institute) - Kolozsi, Barbara (Déri Museum) - Langó, Péter (Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Institute of Archaeology) Abstract format: Oral In 2016, during rescue excavations before the construction of a motorway between Debrecen and Berettyóújfalu, an extensive multiperiod site was recovered at Derecske-Nagymező-dűlő. The site included a graveyard, which we can date to the 10th century. The Feature 643 was a grave furnished with typical finds of this period, i.e. silver alloy cast earrings with bead row pendants; gilded dress fittings; footwear fittings, square-shaped so-called „belt” fittings, a twisted wire bracelet, which was made of copper alloy, as well as shank buttons. Together with the rich metal finds, a significant amount of textile remains, mostly silk were also recovered from this 10th-century woman’s grave. Due to their good preservation and fast and professional conservation, the textile fragments could be separated from the fittings and kept intact. Among the textile remains, there are examples of both types of weft-faced compound weaves, we could identify weft-faced compound twill (samite) fragments – which are dominant among the textile materials in the Hungarian Conquest period – and weft-faced compound tabby (taqueté) remains too. Besides these remnants, the weft-faced compound tabby silk is very rare in the 10th century in the archaeological heritage of the Carpathian Basin. The parallels of these polychrome silk taqueté finds are known from the Middle East, mainly from the Buyid period Rayy in Iran and various sites from Israel and Egypt. This type of silk was much less common in Europe than the samite. Weft-faced compound tabby silk remains absent from Western Europe treasuries or among the famous Viking finds in Northern Europe. All these facts suggest that Hungarians had access to other sources of silk in the 10th century as the Vikings or people who lived in Western Europe. In our presentation, we would like to present and compare this unique collection of finds with other previously known finds. 9 THE OLDEST SILK TEXTILES FROM THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXTS OF PRAGUE CASTLE, CZECH REPUBLIC Abstract author(s): Bravermanova, Milena (Institute of Archaeology of the CAS, Prague) Abstract format: Oral The oldest silk textiles from the archaeological contexts of Prague Castle date back to the end of the 10th century. The first was picked up from the tomb of Prince Boleslav II. Přemyslid (died 999) and it is a fragment of a samite with an eagle pattern, which was made in Byzantium. Trousers leg were sewn from it, only the lace with a knot that held them below the knee has survived. The second silk fabric is part of the reliquary set of St. Ludmila, also from the Přemyslid dynasty (died 921), served as the cover of the remains of the first Czech saint. It is a protolampas with two patterns with birds in medallions and a small pattern also with medallions, from which the dalmatic was sewn. The fabric also comes from Byzantium. Both textiles are rare imports and, among other things, document their various uses. In the first case, it is a secular garment, which has become a funeral clothing. In the second case, it is the oldest surviving church robe in the Czech lands, which came here as one of the first bishops in Prague and later became a reliquary cloth. 10 SILK TEXTILES IN MEROVINGIAN AND ALEMANNIC GRAVES (6TH-8TH CENTURIES AD) Abstract author(s): Linscheid, Petra (University of Bonn) Abstract format: Oral In the Early Medieval period, silk is rare. Well known are the silk textiles from the elite graves at St. Denis near Paris. Less well known instead is a small number of silk finds from burials in Merovingian and Allemanic row cemeteries, most of them in southern Germany. These silk textiles make up several functional and technical groups. In most cases, a smaller amount of silk threads was used in the production of tablet woven bands, as the core of gold threads or as embroidery material. When silk was used in the warp and weft, the weave was mostly a simple tabby. Silk textiles in complex samite weaving are attested in only two cases. Some silk textiles evidently belonged to garments, others made part of the grave furnishing. As far as the kind of silk was investigated, it was reported as cultivated silk. The paper wants to introduce these silk finds and discuss their possible functions and proveniences. 224