Editing Gepids (section)

== Archaeological sites ==
[[File:King Omharus gold ring.jpg|thumb|Gold ring with the inscription ''Omharus'' found at [[Apahida necropolis|Apahida]]]]
Numerous archaeological sites have been attributed to the Gepids.{{sfn|Kharalambieva|2010|p=245}} The first scientific excavations of such an attributed Gepid site were done by István Kovács at [[Band, Mureș|Band]] in 1906 and 1907.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dobos |first=Alpár |year=2011 |title=The Reihengräberfelder in Transylvania after 100 Years of Archaeological Research |journal=Acta Archaeologica Carpathica |volume=46 |pages=171–206, pages 175–176 |url=https://www.academia.edu/1944391}}</ref> However, attributing a precise ethnicity to archaeological findings from this period is a difficult and disputable method.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Opreanu |first=Coriolan Horațiu |title=Transilvania la sfârșitul antichității și în perioada migrațiilor |publisher=Nereamia Napocae |year=2003 |isbn=973-7951-12-3 |page=179 |trans-title=Transylvania at the End of Antiquity and the during the Migration Period}}</ref>

The analysis of the burial sites show that high-status burials with valuable goods are initially clustered in northwestern [[Transylvania]] (dated to the mid- and late fifth century), then in the sixth-century cemeteries primarily appear in the Hungarian Plain.  The upper class of the Gepid society had access to Thuringian brooches, amber beads, or Scandinavian belt buckles, in particular visible in the female burials, pointing at close relations with [[Scandinavia]], [[Thuringia]], [[Crimea]], and the [[Baltic Coast|Baltic coast]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Curta |first=Florin |date=5 June 2012 |title=Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1250 |url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511815638.004 |access-date=26 August 2023 |website=Cambridge Core |pages=54–55|doi=10.1017/CBO9780511815638.004 }}</ref>

In [[Săvădisla|Vlaha]], [[Cluj County]], Romania, a [[necropolis]] was discovered in August 2004 with over two hundred tombs dated to the sixth century AD.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lăzărescu |first=Vlad |year=2019 |chapter=Debating the early phase of the Migration Period necropolis at Floreşti-Polus Center, Cluj County, Romania |title=Kollaps – Neuordnung – Kontinuität. Gepiden nach dem Untergang des Hunnenreiches. Tagungsakten der Internationalen Konferenz an der Eötvös Loránd Universität, Budapest, 14. – 15. Dezember 2015 |publisher=Institut für Archäologiewissenschaften, Eötvös Loránd Universität, Budapest |location=Budapest |pages=81–111 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339850942}}</ref> Eighty-five percent of the discovered tombs were robbed in the same period. The remaining artifacts are ceramics, bronze articles and an armory. Also in Romania, at [[Miercurea Sibiului]], there is another necropolis with rich artifacts.{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}} Other necropolises in Romania are:
* [[Ungheni, Mureș|Morești]], [[Mureș County]]
* [[Noșlac]], [[Alba County]]
* [[Brateiu]], [[Sibiu County]]
* [[Șeica Mică]], Sibiu County
* [[Timișoara]] Freidorf site 
* [[Apahida necropolis]]<ref>{{harvnb|Dobos|2011|pages=175–176}}</ref>
* [[Turda]]: the richest Germanic tomb found in Romania is here. The "[[Franziska Tesaurus|Franziska]]" tomb was found in a Roman site and dated to the fifth century AD.{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

Gepid treasures were also found at [[Someșeni]] and [[Șimleu Silvaniei]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}