THE FUNCTION OF LUTOMIERSK-TYPE FITTINGS

• Authors: Wachowski K.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Reservations put forward in German-language studies concerning the function of fittings from Lutomiersk have yet to be accepted in Poland. In an unpublished discussion, it was pointed out that there would be no better argument in the case than to discover a fitting of the type, intentionally pierced for mounting a spur. Otherwise, previous opinions, arguing that the objects were saddle fittings, would remain unchallenged. More recent finds from Ostrów Tumski in Wroclaw did not resolve the question as the arched part was missing. Recently, a third fragment of fitting from Ostrów Tumski in Wroclaw was discovered in storage at the Institute of Archaeology of the Wroclaw University. This piece has a distinctly formed hole. All three fragments appear to have originated from the same spur. Moreover, an undamaged spur of the Lutomiersk type was presented on exhibition at the museum in Copenhagen. It should be noted that the grave finds from Lutomiersk were accompanied by elements of a set for mounting spurs. The discussed fittings occurred over a range suggesting a Scandinavian rather than Ruthenian origin. 4 Figures.

Keywords

EN

LUTOMIERSK-TYPE FITTINGS; WROCLAW'S FINDS

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Archeologia Polski
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 102
• Pages: 155-160
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Wachowski K.

• K. Wachowski, Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Instytut Archeologii, ul. Szewska 48, 50-139 Wroclaw, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02445083