From: tgpedersen
Message: 64268
Date: 2009-06-26
>Aha. Does the ample archeology of Bulgaria and Greece support your scenario?
> --- On Thu, 6/25/09, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>
> How would you account for the movement of Croats from Tanais to
> Southern Slavland?
>
> ****GK: My view is that defensive set-ups ("croatias") were
> organized by th Avars along their northern borders (in the
> Carpathians and beyond) against the looming Turkic threat. The
> leading elements were imported from the east and settled among
> Slavs. Their ethnicity is open to debate: you can try etymologizing
> the names of the rulers' ancestors from the account in Constantine
> Porphyrogenitus. After the crisis of the 630's some of these
> "Croats" moved south. Many however remained north and subsequently
> fused with Czechs, Poles, and Ukrainians.****
>
> When? The communis opinio of Slavic infiltration in the 6th-7th
> centuries has no archaelogical match-up.
>
> ****GK: I haven't studied the archaeology except for Bulgaria and
> Greece, which is ample.
> But the historical documentation seems sufficient.****So screw the lack of relevant archaeological data? Remind me now, what is it that makes you think your scenario is more tenable than mine?