Garam Éva szerk.: Between East and West - History of the peoples living in hungarian lands (Guide to the Archaeological Exhibition of the Hungarian National Museum; Budapest, 2005)

HALL 8 AND CORRIDOR - The Avar period (567/568-804 A.D.) (Éva Garam)

705. Nielloed disc brooch from Grave 119 of 106. Gold bracelet with Byzantine the Környe B cemetery. monogram from Grave 119 of the Mid-7 th century Kölked B cemetery. Mid-7th century on the testimony of the coin finds, can most likely be associated with the Onogur-Bulgar nobles who arrived from the southern Ukraine. Their settlement in the region would have been inconceivable without the consent of the Avar khagan, similarly to the settlement of other Turkic groups appearing at roughly the same time. Their costume, their jewellery, the designs on their belt ornaments and the profusion of gold finds as compared to the earlier period provide ample evidence that these groups had maintained close relations with Byzantium in their former homeland. The changes are reflected also in the expansion of the khaganate. Extensive cemeteries used over a long period of time from the late 7th century in the Vienna Basin, in eastern