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3 Shafts
Only 15 early medieval and 12 Avar-age wooden samples have been examined
for determining the material from which spear shafts were made, all of them
from Slovakia. Research in this field is thanks to E. Hajnalová, who studied
archaeo-botanical remains (mainly wood) during the 1980s, which included
the remains of several spear shafts.260 Martin Husár used the identifications
of Hajnalová for a combined analysis of the archaeological and botanical evi-
dence for traces of northern connections amongst Late Avar cemeteries along
the Danube.261
The wooden material of the shaft was identified in the following cases:
Site Grave No. Wood species Reference1 Komárno–Shipyard 30 birch (Betula) Trugly 1987, 256,
Abb. 3. Taf. V/2
2 Komárno–Shipyard 63 beech (Fagus silvatica) Hajnalová 1987, 382
3 Komárno–Shipyard 85 beech (?) (Fagus silvatica) Hajnalová 1987, 382
4 Komárno–Shipyard 87 beech (Fagus silvatica) Hajnalová 1987, 382
5 Komárno–Shipyard 101 silver fir (Abies alba) Trugly 1993, 194,
Abb. 8, Taf. V/7
6 Komárno–Shipyard 118 silver fir (Abies alba) Trugly 1993, 201,
Taf. XXIV/5
7 Komárno–Shipyard 129 apple subfamily
(cf. Pomoideae)
Trugly 1993,
207, Abb. 29,
Taf. XXXVI/4
8 Komárno–Shipyard 130 apple subfamily
(cf. Pomoideae)
9 Komárno–Shipyard 132 silver fir (Abies alba) Trugly 1993, 209,
Abb. 32. Taf. XLI/10
10 Komárno–Shipyard 94 oak Husár 2008, 461
11 Košice–Šebastovce 232 unidentified broadleaf Husár 2008, 461
12 Radvaň nad
Dunajom–Virt62 unidentified pine Husár 2008, 461260 Hajnalová 1987, 381–384; Hajnalová 1993, 347–349; Hajnalová – Mihályiová – Hajnalová
2006, 87–92.
261 Husár 2008, 3–14.