 Both the scarcity of published archaeological material and the <unk> of some sites may have contributed to the low number of archaeological sites that can be attributed to the Hungarians in the steppes , according to archaeologist László Kovács . Kovács also says that the Hungarians ' migration from the steppes and their settlement in the Carpathian Basin may have caused the development of a new material culture , rendering the identification of pre @-@ conquest Hungarians difficult . Archaeological research has demonstrated that the material culture of the Avars and other steppe peoples who settled in the Carpathian Basin before the Hungarians experienced a similarly significant change after they left the steppes and settled in their new homeland . 
