“Blacksmiths, warriors, and tournaments of value: dating and interpreting early medieval hoards of iron implements in Eastern Europe.” Ephemeris Napocensis 7 (1997): 211-268.

“Early medieval bow fibulae in Eastern Europe: ethnic or gender index?” paper presented at the 85th Annual Conference of the College Art Association, New York, February 12-15, 1997

“Kaiserliche Lobrede und politisches Programm: die dritte Rede des Julianus Caesars.” Eranos 95 (1997): 39-56.

“Limes and cross: the religious dimension of the northern frontier of the early Byzantine Empire,” paper presented at the 32nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, May 1-4, 1997

“Slavs in Fredegar and Paul the Deacon: medieval gens or ‘scourge of God’?” paper presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the Medieval Association of the Midwest, Iowa City, September 19-20, 1997

”Slavs in Fredegar and Paul the Deacon: medieval gens or ‘scourge of God?’” Early Medieval Europe 6 (1997), no. 2: 141-167.

“Trade or tarqans? Early medieval hoards of iron implements and weapons in Eastern Europe,” paper presented at the 23rd Annual Byzantine Studies Conference, Madison, September 25-28, 1997