NEW FINDINGS OF BRONZE NAIL-SHAPED HEAD ORNAMENTS FROM WESTERN CARPATHIANS

• Authors: Benediková Lucia , Furman Martin , Lieskovský Tibor
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper deals with eight (six?) new findings of the nail-shaped head ornaments (ear rings, temple rings, head or head cover ornaments) from the Slovakian part of the Western Carpathians – namely from the site Demänovská hora in cadastre of Liptovský Mikuláš-Ploštín and Demänovská Dolina. This kind of jewellery has parallels among the head ornaments distributed in the cultural environment north-east and east to the Carpathian Mountains Arc. They are broadly dated from the end of Ha C1 till the beginning of Lt A. Only two of new exemplars from Slovakia, defined as a type DH_II, have direct parallels among the head rings of Sokolniki type. Three almost complete and one fragmented exemplar of type DH_I have two direct analogies in the local North Slovakian cultural environment, and in one up-to-date unpublished exemplar in Dunajec Valley (Maszkowice) in Southern Poland, otherwise they can’t find any direct parallels in the territories of distribution of this type of ornament. The DH_I exemplars from Slovakia are larger and more massive moreover they are decorated in local manner. Two other fragmented artefacts cannot be satisfactory defined as nail-shaped head ornaments especially because of the shape of the hoop necks. However, according to their head shape their belonging to the nail-shaped head ornaments is likely. It can be hypothesised about the local production of type DH_I – the theory that is supported by the occurrence of other local types of jewellery from the Hallstatt and Early La Tène periods in the Slovakian parts of the Western Carpathians. Regarding the function of these ornaments, judging from the weight and size, at least type DH_I was most likely used as head/hair ornament rather than the ear ring.

Keywords

EN

WESTERN CARPATHIANS; NORTH SLOVAKIA; HALLSTATT; EARLY LA TÈNE PERIOD; NAIL-SHAPED HEAD ORNAMENTS

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Študijné zvesti
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 71
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 241 - 252

Contributors

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Benediková Lucia

• Archeologický ústav SAV, v. v. i Akademická 2, 949 21 Nitra, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9393-2293

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Furman Martin

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4470-032X

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Lieskovský Tibor

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6015-5926

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/szausav.2024.71.13