Pages: 187-190

Studies concerning archaeology of the Roman Period of the Black Sea Coast and connections between that area with other cultural zones of Europe have been substantially advanced by M. Kazanski’s investigations. The traces of above mentioned connections might be Zarubintsy fibulae, which have been considered a derivate of lanceolate fibulae, which were in use on the eastern coasts of the Adriatic Sea since the early Iron Age. The peculiar derivate of lanceolate fibulae were brooches with double needle, represented by a few variants. Among them, specimens with hinge construction, found over a vast area from the Adriatics to the Crimea. In the central area of this territory, in the Roman city Novae located in the lower Danube area, — a bronze brooch was found, with semicircular bow made from copper band, originally shaped as a crossbow. On its foot, there was a rectangular plate with two grooves, which formed catch-plates for two parallel needles. The fibula from Novae presents a specific mix of two main variants of brooches with double needle — lanceolate fibulae with crossbow construction and specimens with hinge construction similar to Avcissa type. A clear stylistic similarity to brooches with hinge construction from Dalmatia allows dating the fibula from Novae to the 1st century AD.

Keywords: Novae, Roman Age, fibulae

Information about author:

Wojciech Nowakowski (Warsaw, Poland). Doctor Habilitat. Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście, 26/28 (Szkoła Główna), Warszawa, PL 00-927, Poland
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