Pages: 325-348 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp234325348 

The uniqueness of the Knop Bow Fibula (Bügelknopffibeln) from burial 114 lies in the presence of a short, trapezoidal stem and very large buttons (knobs) on the head and ends of the spring and broche from burial 183 and the cult layer of the burial ground is seen in the presence of a plate-“axes” at the transition point of the back to the head and a pentagonal plate on the stem. In the area of the Chernyakhov/Ŝantana de Mureş culture Bügelknopffibeln from 19 burial grounds from burials and the cult layer originate. Bügelknopffibeln appear in the conditions of the formed “classical” Chernyakhov/Ŝantana de Mureş (Stage C 3) culture and exist until its finale. In our sample of 21 brooches, only 4 were in inhumation graves, and the rest were in cremations and the cult layer. Graves with the Bügelknopffibeln belong mainly to persons with a high position in the vertical vector of the social structure. These brooches also mark the position in its horizontal vector. For example, materials from grave 114 Voitenky identify not only a “professional warrior” but also a migrant. The development of brooches of the Zwiebelknopffibel group in the Roman Empire also influenced the development of brooches in the Barbaricum. And due to their great importance in the Roman army and society, these brooches and their imitations were valued in a similar way outside the empire. 

Keywords: Late Roman Period, Chernyakhov/Sântana de Mureş Culture, cemeteries, Knop Bow Fibula

Information about authors:

Mikhail Liubichev (Kharkiv, Ukraine). Doctor of Historical Sciences. V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Svobody Place, 6, Kharkiv, 61077, Ukraine
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Erdmute Schultze (Berlin, Germany). Doctor. German Archaeological Institute, Eurasian Department. Im Dol 2-6, Haus II, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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