[PLing] INFO: Publ. NEU Runes from Lány (Czech Republic) – The oldest inscription among Slavs. A new standard for multidisciplinary analysis of runic bones

[Stefan Michael Newerkla]

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,

ich darf Sie auf folgende spannende Neuerscheinung aufmerksam machen.

Es geht um einen Fund „Auf den Lahnen“ (Lány) in der Thaya-Au bei 
Břeclav (Lundenburg), der die erste ältere Fuþark-Inschrift darstellt, 
die in einem nicht-germanischen Kontext gefunden wurde. Sie deutet 
darauf hin, dass die mutmaßlichen Vorfahren der modernen slawischen 
Sprecher viel früher mit der Schrift in Berührung kamen als bisher 
angenommen. Mitautor von der Universität Wien ist Kollege *Robert 
Nedoma* von der Abteilung Skandinavistik des Instituts für Europäische 
und Vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft sowie dem Institut 
für Germanistik.

*Runes from Lány (Czech Republic) – The oldest inscription among Slavs.
A new standard for multidisciplinary analysis of runic bones*
(Jiří Macháček – Robert Nedoma – Petr Dresler – Ilektra Schulz – Elias 
Lagonik – Stephen M. Johnson – Ludmila Kaňáková – Alena Slámová – 
Bastien Llamas – Daniel Wegmann – Zuzana Hofmanová)
*Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 127, March 2021, 105333*
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105333 
<https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105333>
*
Highlights*
• A rune-incised bone discovered in an Early Slavic context making it 
the first writing among Slavs.
• The find challenges the presumed sharp dicothomy between Germanic 
tribes and Early Slavs in Central Europe.
• Runology, radiocarbon dating and use-wear SEM microscopy authenticated 
the find.
• Target-enriched ancient DNA analysis allowed the bone to be identified 
as Bos taurus.

*Abstract*
When Roman administration and legions gradually withdrew from the outer 
provinces after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, they created a 
power void filled by various groups. The dynamic Migration Period that 
followed is usually considered to have ended when the Germanic Lombards 
allegedly left Central Europe and were replaced by Slavs. Whether or how 
Slavic and Germanic tribes interacted, however, is currently disputed. 
Here we report the first direct archaeological find in support of a 
contact: a bone fragment dated to ~600 AD incised with Germanic runes 
but found in Lány, Czechia, a contemporaneous settlement associated with 
Slavs. We documented and authenticated this artifact using a combined 
approach of use-wear analysis with SEM mi-croscopy, direct radiocarbon 
dating, and ancient DNA analysis of the animal bone, thereby setting a 
new stan-dard for the investigation of runic bones. The find is the 
first older /fuþark/ inscription found in any non-Germanic context and 
suggests that the presumed ancestors of modern Slavic speakers 
encountered writing much earlier than previously thought.

*Zum Beitrag und seinen Extras:*
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440321000030 
<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440321000030>
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