This book offers an alternative approach to the problem of Slavic
ethnicity in south-eastern Europe between c. 500 and c. 700, from
the perspective of current anthropological theories. The conceptual
emphasis here is on the relation between material culture and
ethnicity. The author demonstrates that the history of the
Sclavenes and the Antes begins only at around 500 AD. He also
points to the significance of the archaeological evidence, which
suggests that specific artefacts may have been used as identity
markers. This evidence also indicates the role of local leaders in
building group boundaries and in leading successful raids across
the Danube. Because of these military and political developments,
Byzantine authors began employing names such as Sclavines and Antes
in order to make sense of the process of group identification that
was taking place north of the Danube frontier. Slavic ethnicity is
therefore shown to be a Byzantine invention.
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