“Walking” Goods. “Walking” Ideas: Ideas Economic and Cultural Routes in the Carpathian Basin and Neighbouring Areas (7^th—14^th Centuries). Proceedings of the national conference, Zalău, 24th–27th April 2025 (Orbis Mediaevalis V)
Language: English

   On numerous occasions, archaeological research—frequently accompanied by various complementary analyses, especially in recent decades—has indicated that these generically termed “walking” goods are signs of contact and interaction between more or less different geographical and cultural areas, located at varying distances from each other. Such meanings are not always easy to decipher, which is why discussions on this subject remain necessary, followed by new or merely adjusted interpretations, as theoretical and methodological repositioning occurs over time, and not least, additional positive data. This was also the main focus of the conference that preceded this volume.

Table of contents

FForeword

Călin Cosma. Local Production or Itinerant Craftsmen? Bow Fibulae with Trapezoidal Foot, Adorned with a Human Mask on the Oval Appendage, from Eastern Europe 

Melinda Takács. A Fragment of an Avar Saddle Plate with Animal Depiction from the Vicinity of Szekszárd (SW-Hungary) 

Cristina Paraschiv-Talmaţchi. Early Medieval Belt Ornaments Discovered in Dobruja: Types, Paternal Areas and Diffusion 

Ioan Stanciu. At the Eastern Periphery of the Carpathian Basin ‒ Possible Evidence of Long-Distance Trade Relations Towards the Beginning of the Medieval Period 

Miklós Takács. About a Rarely Analyzed Vessel Type of the Carpathian Basin of the 10th Century AD

Bogdan Alin Craiovan. New Data Regarding Pottery Production for the Early Middle Ages in Banat. Árpád Age Pottery Kilns Discovered at Șuștra, Timiș County 

Constantin Șova. Evidence of Metallurgy Practice in the Settlement from Oltina 

Dan Băcueț-Crișan. Living Near Natural Pass and Trade Route: the Early Medieval Habitat Around the Porta Mesesina/Meseș Gate. Archaeological Evidence 

Maria Crîngaci Țiplic, Ioan Marian Țiplic. The Rural Market of Miercurea Sibiului and its Hinterland (12th–14th Centuries)

Zsuzsanna Kopeczny. Diadem Pressing Matrices from the Collection of the National Museum of Banat (XIIth–XIVth c.)

Sebastian Emil Belbe. Considerations for the Reconstruction of Medieval Road Networks of the Lower Someș Valley: an Interdisciplinary Analysis of Written, Toponymic and Cartographic Data 

Book reviews 

Beatrix F. Romhányi, Kisatlasz a középkori Magyar Királyság történetiföldrajzánaktanulmányozásához (11–16. század)/A Historical Geographical Atlas of the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary (11th–16th century), Martin Opitz Kiadó. Budapest 2024, 176 pages (ISBN 978-615-6388-82-7) (by Oana Toda) 

Fl. Mărginean, S. Romát, D. Băcueț-Crișan, K. László, I. Stanciu (Eds.), e power of fire in the Middle Ages (7th–14th centuries). Proceedings of the International Conference: e Power of fire in the Middle Ages (7th–14th centuries). Székesfehérvár, 14th–16th October 2022. Orbis Mediaevalis IV. Editura Mega/Martin Opitz Kiadó. Cluj-Napoca/Budapest 2023, 238 pages. (ISBN 978-606-020-737-5/ISBN 978-615-6388-57-5) (by Erwin Gáll) 

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