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MILITÁRIÁ ZO STAVEBNÉHO KOMPLEXU Z DOBY RÍMSKEJ V STUPAVE

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Turčan V.

Študijné zvesti

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2023

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vol. 70

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issue 1

185 - 192

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The paper publishes information on the militaria from the building complex from the Roman period in Stupava (Malacky dist.). Iron studs from legionnaires’ footwear (caligae), found in the upper parts of fills from the earlier Germanic buildings, the bronze metalwork of a horse’s bridle, also found in the filling of a Germanic ditch and mail armour (lorica hamata), situated under the destruction of the oldest phase all originate from the oldest phase, dated to the middle of the 2nd c. Further finds – a crossbow fibula, bronze metalwork in the shape of a lion’s head, a dagger, possibly a helmet holder – come from these or later layers.

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MILITARIA AS GRAVE GOODS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL CHILD BURIALS - PROVISIONAL INTERPRETATION BASED ON FINDS FROM POLISH TERRITORIES (Polish title - below)

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Kurasinski T.

Archeologia Polski

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2009

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vol. 54

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issue 2

209-248

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(Title in Polish - 'Militaria jako element wyposazenia wczesnosredniowiecznych pochówków dzieciecych - próba interpretacji na przykladzie znalezisk z ziem polskich'). Archaeological sources have indicated the rarity of the sepulchral custom of furnishing child burials with militaria or their imitations in the Early Middle Ages in Polish lands, as well as in neighboring territories. To date twenty such child burials with weaponry have been reported from ten cemeteries situated in Polish lands. Most of the burials are dated to the 11th and 12th c., although some could be younger than that. Anthropological examination of the bones have confirmed that weapons were furnished to children in both the infans I and infans II age range. In one case, the age of the buried child was determined as infans II/juvenis. The most frequent form of militaria in the child burials are arrows. Iron arrowheads have been preserved in ten burial pits: grave 29 in Czersk, grave 39 in Czekanów, grave 14/97 in Kaldus, grave 33 in Lubien, grave 34 in Konskie, grave 75a–b in Opole-Nowa Wies Królewska, grave 25 in Pokrzywnica Wielka, grave 33 in Psary and grave 132 in Sowinki. Included in this set is a stone arrowhead from grave 51 in Czekanów, an unparalleled find in assemblages of Early Medieval date. The stone balls found in five graves in Dziekanowice (site 22) are interpreted as slingstones. Two of the grave pits yielded shaft weapons: a spearhead in grave 52 in Konskie, and a different spearhead in grave 15 in Pokrzywnica Wielka. The latter burial was also furnished with a fighting knife in leather sheath with bone elements. An unique miniature axe of brass covered with ornaments was found in grave 65/95 in Dziekanowice. Iron axe-heads were discovered in five other grave pits: one in grave 39 from Czekanów and four in graves 12, 31, 83 and 85 from Lubien. Militaria found in child burials are commonly part of richer grave furnishings, which consisted of in most cases a knife, sometimes in a leather sheath with fittings, more seldom body and dress ornaments, coins, vessels of various kinds and other objects. The present overview of militaria found in child burials as part of the grave furnishings has demonstrated that the custom was practiced by a social class owing its prestige and importance to military activity. The militaria in child burials should be treated as a form of symbolic communication informing about the dead child being a member of a professional class of warriors, perhaps even the chief's troop, and being assigned such status. A parallel magic role can also be envisaged. Figs 8, table 1

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NÁLEZY VÝSTROJA JAZDCA, KOŇA A MILITÁRIÍ Z HRADISKA VALY V BOJNEJ A JEHO BLÍZKEHO OKOLIA (OD VRCHOLNÉHO STREDOVEKU DO RANÉHO NOVOVEKU)

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Jakubčinová M.

Študijné zvesti

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2022

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vol. 69

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issue 1

141 – 163

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The article deals with selected artefacts from the hillfort of Bojná I-Valy and its nearby surroundings from the high Middle Ages – early post-medieval period which have been brought by years of systematic archaeological investigation of the site and its hinterland. It is an assemblage of finds associated with rider’s equipment and horse harness (spurs, buckles, and bits), militaria (dussack, arrowheads). The hillfort is dated to the Early Middle Ages and after its demise. It did not renew its previous status. Nevertheless, the small assemblage of presented finds means a certain interest in the site and this area in the later period. The artefacts suggest a certain connection with the settlement in its nearby surroundings. They can also point to use of (today almost extinct) routes crossing the Považský Inovec mountain range and connecting the regions of Ponitrie and Považie.

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MILITÁRIÁ ZO STAVEBNÉHO KOMPLEXU Z DOBY RÍMSKEJ V STUPAVE

MILITARIA AS GRAVE GOODS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL CHILD BURIALS - PROVISIONAL INTERPRETATION BASED ON FINDS FROM POLISH TERRITORIES (Polish title - below)

NÁLEZY VÝSTROJA JAZDCA, KOŇA A MILITÁRIÍ Z HRADISKA VALY V BOJNEJ A JEHO BLÍZKEHO OKOLIA (OD VRCHOLNÉHO STREDOVEKU DO RANÉHO NOVOVEKU)