Magyars before Hungary (was: Hachmann versus Kossack?)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

> George Knysh wrote:
> > --- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:
> >> George Knysh wrote:
> >> > Arnaud Fournet wrote:

> >> >> What is the archeological support for Hungarians
> >> >> arriving from mid-Eurasia
> >> >> into Hungary ?

> >> > GK: Read the literature. Why should I do your
> >> > homework for you?

> >> All that is hypothesized on the Hungarians is 100%
> >> linguistic.

> > *****GK: In your mind. Your knowledge of the
> > archaeology pertinent to the Hungarians is obviously
> > zero.****

> It's quite obvious that it starts and it finishes with linguistic
> considerations.

And there are certainly books which deny that there are archaeological
traces of the Magyars before they reach Hungary, e.g. 'Hungarians and
Europe in the Early Middle Ages: An Introduction to Early Hungarian
History' by Andras Rona-Tas. I don't think Arnaud is denying that
their arrival can be seen in the archaeological record.

Richard.