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Polearms are known from 160 Avar-age cemeteries (maps 2–4, while edged
weapons are distributed in 349 sites (maps 24–26). Only one spearhead or one
edged weapon were found in most of these sites (polearms in 96 cases and
edged weapons in 253 cases). Multiple close-combat weapons from a single site
are much fewer, two spearheads were only found in 19 cemeteries, while two
edged weapons were only found in 36 sites. The maximum number of spear-
heads from a cemetery is 68, while in the cases of edged weapons it is only
26. As a result of a statistical analyses of the numerical batches of polearms’
and edged weapons’ distribution in various cemeteries both of them show a
power law distribution where the number five is considered to be outlier in
both cases. As a consequence the cemeteries with more than five polearms or
edged weapons will be presented below.
More than five polearms in a cemetery were only found in 30 cases 16 sites
of which are situated in Transdanubia, and are dated to the Early Phase. Only
three such cemeteries are located in the Great Hungarian Plain (all of them in
Transtisia). The number of Slovakian sites with more than five spearheads is
nine, and they are dated to the Late phase, while that of Transylvanian sites is
only two.
Site Number of polearms Region1 Tiszafüred–Majoros 68 Transtisia
2 Budakalász–Dunapart 61 Transdanubia
3 Szekszárd–Tószegi dűlő 32 Transdanubia
4 Devinská Nová Ves 29 Slovakia
5 Zamárdi–Rétiföldek 28 Transdanubia
6 Kölked–Feketekapu A 25 Transdanubia
7 Pókaszepetk 24 Transdanubia
8 Košice–Šebastovce 23 Slovakia
9 Szekszárd–Bogyiszlói út 17 Transdanubia
10 Csákberény–Orondpuszta 16 Transdanubia
11 Rácalmás–Rózsamajor 13 Transdanubia
12 Környe 11 Transdanubia
13 Komárno 8. Shipyard 11 Slovakia
14 Tiszaderzs–Szentimrei út 10 Transtisia
15 Mezőfalva–Vasútállomás 9 Transdanubia
16 Radvaň nad Dunajom–Žitavská Tôň 9 Slovakia
17 Előszállás–Bajcsihegy 8 Transdanubia