A Unique Type of Silk in the Archaeological Heritage of the Hungarian Conquest Period and Some Remarks on the Use of Silk
Journal: Slovenská archeológia
Year: 2023

In 2016, during a rescue excavation a 10 th c. graveyard recovered at the Derecske-Nagymez-dl in Eastern part of Hungary. One grave of the cemetery (Feature 643) was furnished with typical metal finds of this period. On the surface of some metal finds, many textile remain conservated. The textile remains mainly were silk fabrics. Among the silk remnants are examples of both types of weft-faced compound weaves; we could identify weft-faced compound twill (samite) fragments and weft-faced compound