The Shadow of the Steppe: The Huns and the Transformation of Late Antiquity
: Recent genomic studies of burials from the Hun period suggest a heterogeneous "immigrant core" with ties to modern-day Mongolia and ancestral Xiongnu populations.
The Huns were defined by their extreme mobility and psychological warfare. As a nomadic society, they lacked a formal writing system, prioritizing survival and rapid expansion over sedentary record-keeping. History of the Barbarians Research Paper - Aithor