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'There is always an alternative storyline. The chamber graves are no exception to this rule. Could it be that the Germanic chamber graves are first and foremost to be interpreted as evidence of amalgamation with Indoeuropean equestrian nomads? This hypothesis is quite plausible and does match well with the Sarmatian presence across the limes in the Carpathian basin from the 2nd century onwards (Lebedynsky 2002). Moreover, much military equipment has been proposed to be of Sarmatian origin, notably the first type of ring swords and lorica squamata.
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Despite the unusual context that is Musov, it would seem there is no other way around the question of the origin of the Germanic chamber graves than to interpret the latter as innovative expressions of a changing world view among the Germanic élites. The chamber grave in its Germanic guise would develop into a combined loan from two neighboring but different affinities, the Romans and the Sarmatians, with a possible third influence via the Púchov culture.'
What does that mean? How does something develop into a loan??
Torsten