Insights into the chronology and economy of the Avar Khaganate and the post-Avar Period: pottery production and use in the Carpathian Basin from the late 6th to the 10th century AD

Abstract

This article discusses how the analysis of late 6th to 10th-century ceramic finds can contribute to a better understanding and reconstruction of the chronology and economy of the Avar Khaganate and the post-Avar Period in the Carpathian Basin (today´s Hungary and adjacent areas). It comprises a critical review of available research results on Avar-Period and 9th to 10th-century pottery, including results from the author’s own investigations, thus offering a critical assessment of many decades of research on pottery from c. 400 years in this region.