Anonymous asked:

Hello, great page you have there! I just wanted to ask from which culture do Slavs come from? Lusatian culture? Przeworsk culture? Or something else? Entire people can't just like that pop up out of thin air in 6th century?

Oh my, that’s one of the greatest mysteries from that part of the world! Archeologists and historians still argue about that question. I don’t want to answer it because there are way too many compelling theories but not enough clear evidence yet.

But to put things into perspective: Slavic people inhabit vast lands and are really varied (take the linguistic groups of West / East / South as an example). They surely don’t “come from” one culture only. The interesting question to me is: which culture brought the language that unified the people?

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Anonymous asked:

Hi, I am curious if you have found any reports of cowrie shells used by Wesit Slavs in medieval times or even other cultures earlier on? I get hints of European cowries being used and traded, but I haven't found report specifically up north (Poland) until the 18th century. Any info is greatly appreciated!

Hello, sadly I don’t really remember them being mentioned in resources I’ve seen so far. A quick google search pointed me to earlier discoveries (Lusatian culture, neolithic cultures) but yielded nothing from the early medieval times. If anyone knows a good source, I’d appreciate a message!

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