The conference hosts presentations by archaeologists in the Hungarian National Museum and the Pázmány Péter Catholic University on the latest results of research on horse equipment and equestrian culture in the Carpathian Basin between the 6th and 10th centuries, with particular emphasis on the functional and technological interpretation of horse harnesses.

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PROGRAMME

09:45–10:00 Registration

10:00–10:10 Welcome address by Gábor Tomka

Session chair: Gábor Tomka

10:10–10:25 Bent Branderup: Opening presentation – Tradition and Contemporary Equestrian Culture

10:25–10:40 Kíra Lyublyanovics: Riding into the Afterlife: Avar Horses of the Carpathian Basin

10:40–10:55 Zsolt Mráv: Wagon Graves and Horse Burials in Roman Pannonia

10:55–11:10 Réka Piros: Shifting Identities on Horseback? – Carpathian Basin Horse Trapping Types in the Early and Late Hunnic Period

11:10–11:25 András Csuthy: A Brief Overview of the Functional Components of Avar-Period Horse Harness

11:25–11:40 Break

Session chair: Péter Langó

11:40–11:55 Réka Fülöp: From Archaeology to Practice: Horse Burials and Equestrian Equipment in the Hungarian Conquest Period

11:55–12:10 Dániel Langer: Western-type Stirrups and Influences on the Elements of the Riding Equipment in the 10th Century AD Carpathian Basin

12:10–12:25 Csanád Molnár: 10th-Century “Shoulder-Forged” Stirrups in the Carpathian Basin – The Issue of Asymmetric Stirrups The timid soldier searches for the stirrup with his right foot

12:25–12:40 Ákos Wilhelm: At the Crossroads of East and West: 9th–11th-century Saddles in the Spotlight of Experimental Archaeological Research

12:40–12:55 Márton Flesch: An Experimental Archaeologist’s Examination of the Use of Saddles and Stirrups During the Hungarian Conquest period

12:55–13:05 Closing remarks by Péter Langó

13:05–14:00 Lunch break