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Barkóczi László: Császárkori edényégető telep Bicsérden
86 L. Barkóczi An analysis of personal names has shown the presence of Illyrian elements north of the Lake Velence whereas such names are completely absent further south. 71 The northern parts might, therefore, have been the territory of the Illyrian Eravisci where they were settled in the bulk. South of the Lake Velence they must have lived among the tumulus folk and probably even mixed with them. Károly Sági has already investigated the social forces that led to the appearance of the tumulus burials in East Pannónia, and he was the first to suggest a migration from West Pannónia. 7 2 The grave goods and other finds attest a relation between East and West Pannónia 7 3 though no topographical link can be established bridgeing over the two halves of the province. Characteristics in common between the two parts have already been pointed out by some archaeologists dealing with the finds from both territories. The liarp-fibula is an object typical not only of East Pannónia but has also been forthcoming from Noricum and is more common in West Pannónia. 74 E. Patek states that the most common types in the west are similar to those in Pl. II. 2 further above in the present paper. 7 5 The harp-fibula is by far the commonest in the western parts of the province but they are not seldom met with in County Fejér either (in East Pannónia), and they are encountered in Aquincum and round Győr, too. 7 6 The chariot tombstones of East Pannónia, appear to have contacts with the region of the Leitha river, 7 7 but other features similarly pointing to a contact have been established such as the distinctive style of dress worn in East and West Pannónia. Similarly, resemblances were established between the two regions from the native tombstones, too, as was pointed out by Jenő Fitz in his article on the tombstones from County Fejér (in East Pannónia). 7 8 Ferenc Fiilep pointed out contacts with the personal names found in Noricum and West Pannónia. 7 9 A detailed investigation of personal names indicated correspondences not only in Intercisa but in other places of the eastern half of the province, too. 80 The agreements thus established point to the assumption that a West Pannonian ethnic group must have been settled in East Pannónia, too. In view of our arguments given further above, this ethnic group must have been the people practising tumulus burials. The Eravisci using tombstones with a representation of chariots and festive chariots at funerals, and the West Pannonians putting up tumuli, were the two peoples who formed the bulk of the population in East Pannónia. But the archaeological material found at Bicsérd tells of the presence of a third ethnic group, a South-west Pannonian folk who were settled in the corner of the province flanked by the rivers Danube and Drave. In these parts, tumuli are only very occasionally met with, or else are completely missing. The settlements at Balatonaliga and at Bicsérd, as well as the tumuli have neither prehistoric, nor early Roman antecedents. In view of this observation, the native population of East Pannónia must have contained primary and secondary ethnic elements, that is to say at the turn of the first century A. D. the inhabitants of East Pannónia have to be divided into two distinct ethnic groups. One of these groups are the Illyrian-Celtic natives, parts of whom must have preserved some of their former ethnic character, most likely, even in
