Finds of Purse Fastenings from the Iron Age ‘Central Place’ at Gąski-Wierzbiczany in Kuyavia (Central Poland)

• Authors: Kontny Bartosz , Rudnicki Marcin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Recent discoveries from the Kuyavia region provided a number of finds that change our perception of the continuity of inhabitation in the Kuyavia area after the disappearance of the Przeworsk culture settlement structures related to the Pre-Roman and Roman Periods. The settlement in Kuyavia existed also during the Migration Period at least until the 7th c. The settlement complex in Gąski-Wierzbiczany, from which the belt purse fastenings presented in the following paper came, seems to be of particular importance. The fastenings are dated to the 2 nd half of the 4 th and the beginnings of the 5 th c., i.e., the decline of the Late Roman Period and the onset of the Migration Period. Until recently, they were known from the areas neighbouring the Roman Empire boundary — limes — and from Roman military camps in Rhaetia. Currently, their list significantly extended, and the range of their occurrence expanded and includes the east Germany and Bohemia. At the same time the finds form Kuyavia (most likely made on-the-spot) are among specimens located furthest to the east. It seems that these unique finds of purse fastenings from the south-eastern and eastern peripheries of Europe might be explained through the existence of a cultural centre in Kuyavia that facilitated the propagation of western cultural patterns, in this case related to outfit of warriors

Keywords

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Roman Period; Migration Period; Kuyavia; Przeworsk Culture

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Acta Archaeologica Carpathica
• Year: 2016
• Volume: LI
• Pages: 307-318

Contributors

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Kontny Bartosz

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Rudnicki Marcin