Budapest History Museum

This study aims to present a part of the already evaluated Late Roman glazed pottery record from Aquincum and, thus, provide a typological classification based on our current knowledge. It is important to note that the present study does not include the complete – mostly fragmentary – ceramic record, comprising thousands of objects, but focuses only on eighty artefacts representing traditional types. The current evaluation concerns vessel types used on a daily basis: containers (jugs, pitchers, and bottles), serving (bowls) and drinking vessels (mugs, cups, drinking cups), mortaria, and simple lamp variants. In addition to presenting the finds, the study provides a brief general survey of glazed pottery and other Late Roman ceramic vessel types with lead glazing. In addition to presenting the finds, the study provides a brief general survey of glazed pottery and other Late Roman ceramic vessel types with optional glazing.

Nitra was one of the most important castle towns in the Kingdom of Hungary during the High Middle Ages between the 11th and 13th centuries. The results of existing research have not produced a uniform image of the town’s topography. Opinions among scholars differ especially concerning the location and extension of the extramural settlement. Archaeological excavations at the Tržnica and Mlyny locations raise the possibility that the extension of the extramural settlement was larger than the area later enclosed by the town walls. The reason behind such reduction could have been the decline of the town as a result of the devastating consequences of the Tatar invasion of Hungary in 1241.

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

Adenissus timokhovi sp. n. is described after a male and female collected in Yazd Province of Iran. Key to species of the genus Adenissus Linnavuori is given and relationships of the species are discussed.

The tenth annual meeting of Hungarian lithic specialists was held on December 6, 2019, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Ferenczy Museum Centre, Gödöllő, Hungary. The abstracts of the presentations and posters are as follows.

A few decades after the collapse of the Avar Khaganate (c. 822 AD), Hungarian invaders conquered the Carpathian Basin (c. 862–895 AD). The first Hungarian ruling dynasty, the Árpáds played an important role in European history during the Middle Ages. King Béla III (1172–1196) was one of the most significant rulers of the dynasty. He also consolidated Hungarian dominance over the Northern Balkans. The provostry church of the Virgin Mary (commonly known as the Royal Basilica of Székesfehérvár) played a prominent role as a coronation church and burial place of medieval Hungarian kings. The basilica’s building and graves had been destroyed over the centuries. The only royal graves that remained intact were those of King Béla III and his first spouse, Anna of Antioch. These graves were discovered in 1848. We defined the autosomal STR (short tandem repeat) fingerprints of the royal couple and eight additional individuals (two females and six males) found in the Royal Basilica. These results revealed no evidence of first-degree relationship between any of the investigated individuals. Y-chromosomal STR profiles were also established for all the male skeletons. Based upon the Y-chromosomal data, one male skeleton showed an obvious patrilineal relationship to King Béla III. A database search uncovered an existing Y-chromosomal haplotype, which had a single-repeat difference compared to that of King Béla. It was discovered in a person living in an area close to Hungary. This current male line is probably related paternally to the Árpád Dynasty. The control region of the mitochondrial DNA was determined in the royal couple and in the remains of the inferred relative. The mitochondrial results excluded sibling relationship between the King and the patrilineal relative. In summary, we successfully defined a Y-chromosomal profile of King Béla III, which can serve as a reference for the identification of further remains and disputed living descendants of the Árpád Dynasty. Among the examined skeletons, we discovered an Árpád member, whose exact affiliation, however, has not yet been established.

Bird species following a loop migration strategy use different routes during autumn than in the spring season.Birds nesting at different latitudes have different wing morphology.Finding significant differences in the average wing lengths of the same species between the autumn and spring seasons in the same area suggests loop migration.If these differences are also different by sex, this suggests that males and females do not use the same migratory routes.In this study, we analysed wing morphological differences of seven common long-distance migrant passerine species ringed at the Ócsa Bird Ringing Station from 1984 to 2014.Species were divided into three groups based on moult strategies (pre-, postnuptial and double moult).Based on differences in wing length distributions and means between autumn and spring, six of the seven passerine species follow loop migration.While wing length differences can be adequate to detect loop migration, the species specific moult strategies, the nesting sites and distribution ranges need to be known.

Video techniques are broadly used in the field of behaviour sciences, thus there is an increasing interest in softwares that simplify the processing of recordings. One of the difficulties is that observed objects can exhibit a wide variety of behaviours that cannot usually be recognized and recorded automatically, therefore the video has to be watched and analysed manually by humans.

Az első magyar nagyfejedelem, Álmos körül az elmúlt évtizedekben ismét megpezsdült a kutatás, de az első magyar nagyfejedelem hús-vér atyjáról, Vgecről szinte szó sem esett, általában nem szokás valódi történeti szereplőnek tekinteni. Nevének és szerepének vallatóra fogásával azonban talán többet is megtudhatunk róla. Érdekes, hogy hasonlóan ritka nevet viselt egy kortársa is a sztyepperégió másik végén.