Pásztor Emília (szerk.): Sámánizmus és természethit régen és ma - Bajai dolgozatok 23. (Baja, 2019)
Cs. Andrási Réka: A Madaras-Árvai-dűlői honfoglalás kori temető az új kutatások tükrében
The cemetery of Madaras-Arvai dűlő revisited in the light of modern research Amber, glass marbles, shells and two pieces of drop-shapes mounts and ornated were found around the head, shoulders and ribs. These objects were mostly found on the right side of the chest. In my opinion these objects might have been used as a decoration of the leather straps hanging from the braid ornament. One deceased wore a rhombic shift ornament used to fasten the two sides of the shirt. Grave 6 contained 21 gold plated silver shift ornament, they had traces of textile on their backs, they were documented by Márta Knotik (Kőhegyi-Knotik 1982, 191-200). The silver mounts covered in gold were fixed to a 1,5 cm wide strap made of textile with the use of hook-like tabs - this textile strap was sewed to the collar with other mounts. 10 of these jewels were placed on the right side of the chest, from the collarbone to the sternum in two parallel lines. The artefacts located on the left were displaced by rodents, but it was still visible that these were lined up parallelly in two rows. The rhombic shift ornaments were typical for the first third of the 10th century but were generally present during the 10th century as well (Szőke 1962, 26, 76-77; Bálint 1991, 136, Révész 1996, 94). Bracelets were found in grave 4 and 6. Grave 6 contained a pair of simple strap bracelets around the middle of the forearms. Besides being used as a decoration the had important practical roles as well; it is likely that they were used to fix loose sleeves of the robes (Kőhegyi 1980, 232, Révész 1996, 89). Grave 4 contained a richly ornamented strap bracelet, it was placed at the end of the right forearm of the woman. This object is made of silver as well, but its end is wider and rounded. One end of this bracelet has a small, concave almond-shaped element which ended in three lobes. Its pair was already missing from the other end of the bracelet at the time of its discovery. The almond-shaped element is hollow, it probably contained a glass insert. The making of these strap bracelets is not complicated but they were found only in the graves of wealthier persons and were generally used in the first third of the 10th century (Révész 1996, 90). Likewise, grave 4 and 6 contained the other typical women's garment from the Conquest period, which were the boot mounts. Dezső Csányi was the first to examine these types of objects, since then several of his observations were refined (Csallány 1970, 284-299, Révész 1996, 98-103). It is accepted by researchers that men were not allowed to ornate their boots with mounts (Révész 1996,103). It is not possible to find out the exact type of the ornaments placed on the boots found in Madaras because the graveyard was disturbed. Footwear in grave 4 was decorated with rivet-like mounts made of silver, totally 109 mounts were found 160 /////////////////////////////^^^^
