Archaeological and Natural Scientific Studies on the Hun-Period Grave from Kecskemét-Mindszenti-dűlő

This paper describes a Hun-period solitary burial found in Kecskemét, in the central part of the Great Hungarian Plain in 2017 and discusses its wider archaeological significance. In parallel with the archaeological evaluation, the physical anthropological examination of the human remains, furthermore, analyses of the Y-chromosome haplogroups of the deceased were also concluded. The gold, gilded silver and other non-ferrous metal objects from the grave were subjected to non-destructive analyses. A comparative study has been undertaken on the crescent-shaped gold earring and two similar objects from another 5th-century AD site (Pusztataskony). The deceased from Kecskemét (juvenile male with artificial cranial deformation) lay in a sidewall-niche grave oriented in the north-south axis. The funeral customs and the grave goods refer to new Eastern connections. This burial fits well into the archaeological picture of the 5th-century Carpathian Basin. Besides, it represents a new phenomenon in the middle region of the Danube–Tisza Interfluve