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The beginnings of Slavic settlement east of the river Elbe.
From:
Antiquity
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June 1, 2004| Author:
Brather, Sebastian
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Introduction
According to the models of twenty years ago (Herrmann 1983) several different groups of Slavs invaded East Central Europe in the sixth century AD, and the cultural characteristics observed there may be referred to eastern Slavic "homelands". Recent research has shown that this is to be simplistic. Dendrochronology, new theoretical approaches, and the reevaluation of documentary evidence now show quite a different picture (cf: Cutta 2001). The material cultur...
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