Istvánovits Eszter: International Connections... (Jósa András Múzeum Kiadványai 47. Aszód-Nyíregyháza, 2001)
Foreword
Foreword This volume contains most of the papers presented at the international archaeological conference "International Connections of the Barbarians of the Carpathian Basin in the l st-5 th centuries" held on August 24-27 1999 in Aszód and Nyíregyháza. We have also included articles from authors who submitted their papers to the program of the conference but for one reason or another were not able to participate and therefore sent their presentations to be published. We would like to express our gratitude to many colleagues (most of them authors of this volume) who helped us with various kinds of information necessary for the proper editing of the book: Ilia Akhmedov (Moscow), Halina Dobrzanska (Cracow), Snezana Golubovic (Belgrade), Michel Kazanski (Paris), Igor Khrapunov (Simferopol), Anna Mastykova (Moscow), Gheorghe Alexandru Niculescu (Bucharest), Christian Pilet (Caen), Alexandr Simonenko (Kiev), Birger Storgaard (Copenhagen), and Lyudmil Vagalinski (Sofia). Special thanks to Claus von Carnap-Bornheim (Schleswig), Andrzej Kokowski (Lublin), and Everett L. Wheeler (Durham, USA). Eszter Isvánovits - Valéria Kulcsár Our meeting in Aszód and Nyíregyháza was supported by several persons and institutions listed here. The conference was arranged under the auspieces of János Martonyi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary. The regional patrons of the conference: Gábor Tóth, Member of Parliament, József Zilahi (f), President of the Council of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. The sponsors of the conference: Local Council of the Town of Aszód, Aszód Petőfi High School of the Lutheran Church, Aszód Osváth Gedeon Museum Foundation, Aszód Gála BT, Aszód Gábor Tóth, owner of hotel Csintó Csárda, Bag Raiffeisen Bank, Budapest National Cultural Fund, Budapest Ministry of National Cultural Heritage, Budapest Institute of Archaeology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest Centre of Russian Culture, Budapest Art-Wind Print, Gödöllő Council of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Nyíregyháza Sóstó Open-air Museum, Nyíregyháza Mihály Lipták, Szentendre Tragor Ignác Museum, Vác ff M M/l TI Kl III RALIS ÖRÖKSÉG MINISZTÉRIUMA
