Gyula László’s theory of the “two-time conquest of the Magyars” and the archaeology of the Avars
Journal: Acta Archaeologica
Year: 2023

Abstract Gyula László’s theory, published in 1970, was virtually ignored and received with tacit dismissal by the Hungarian archaeological scholarship and international archaeological community was largely unaware of it. This paper aims to provide clarity for the latter research. Not a single element of the theory was accepted or was acceptable even at the time of its birth: distribution of the late Avar and the Conquest-era sites do not complement each other; István Kniezsa's map is highly disc