An Avar-period coat clasp with glass inlay (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

An Avar-period coat clasp with glass inlay

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Coat clasp with glass inlay - an Avar-period artefact that is typically associated with higher social status of women as well as higher biological connectivity as revealed by ancient DNA.

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© Benedict Seidl, benedicts.1995@gmail.com

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May be used for reporting on the research by Ke Wang, Bendeguz Tobias, Doris Pany-Kucera et al. (2025) only.

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