[gothic-l] Goths, Heruls or Alamanns? The Phalheim Horse Warriors

[dirk at SMRA.CO.UK]

Hello all,

the Nuremberg Germanic National Museum is starting an exhibition
about the horse warriors found in the cemetary of Phalheim (Ellwangen
South Germany) in the early 20th century. This cemetary (5th to 7th
century) yielded the remains of a considerable number of Germanic
horsemen, who were burried with weapons, shields and highly decorated
riding equipment. The interesting thing about the artefacts recovered
in these graves is that their decorations, style and manufacture are
almost exclusively East-Germanic - East Roman/Byzantine and
Mediterranean. Some Archaelologists have stated that the Phalheim
warriors were the arch-typical East-Germanic horsemen. This has long
given rise to interpretations arguing that these were in fact Goths
or/and Heruls. However, W. Menghin has argued that the Phalheim
warriors were Alamanns posted their by the Franks to defend an
important East-West connection of the Merowingian Empire. At any
rate, the exhibition is on until July 15 and a detailed Katalog is
also available from the Museum.

cheers
Dirk


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