La vérité dépasse-t-elle la fiction ?

Abstract

This text addresses the complex relationship between the local or exotic appearance, biological place of origin and the geographical provenience of Early Bronze Age inhumations from southwest Slovakia, specifically in terms of an overarching masculine/feminine dichotomy. To this end, this article compares and contrasts the results of human dental enamel strontium analyses (as well as faunal-based strontium local baselines) from the sites of Jelšovce, Vráble (Fidvár) and Rybnik nad Hronom. The former are then juxtaposed with the results of a recent study of the non-metric traits undertaken on the totality of the various Early Bronze Age cultures present at the cemetery of Jelšovce (Nitra, Aunjetitz and Mad'arovce).

Keywords

• Bronze Age
• identity
• gender
• foreigner
• Solovaquia