A note on the “Slavic” bow fibulae of Werner’s class I J
Volume 12 (2009), pp. 124–136
Pub. online: 25 November 2009
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Received
19 April 2009
19 April 2009
Revised
10 May 2009
10 May 2009
Accepted
13 September 2009
13 September 2009
Published
25 November 2009
25 November 2009
Abstract
A bronze fibula from Dailidės near Joniškis in eastern Lithuania is compared with its analogies found in Mazuria (the Olsztyn group), the Carpathian Basin, the Middle Dnieper region and southeastern Romania. The chronology of the group is established to the late sixth and early seventh century. The series may have originated in Mazuria and spread to other regions in the context of gift-giving exchange between regional elites.