The Kizil Caves as an terminus post quem of the Central and Western Asiatic pear-shape spangenhelm type helmets. The David Collection helmet and its place in the evolution of multisegmented dome helmets

• Authors: KUBIK Adam
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Current paper consists of two main parts. In the first part the author discusses arms and armor presented in the Kizil Caves depictions, suggesting a datation of the two well-knowncaves, namely so-called Maya Cave and Cave of the Painter. In the second part of this paper the author discusses a helmet found in Iran and currently held in the David Collection,Copenhagen. On the basis of a detailed comparative analysis, the author puts forward a thesis of correlation between the lamellar and spangen pear-shape helmets dating the objects tolate 6th-beginning of the 7th century CE. Specifically, it is suggested that the David Collection helmet is a later evolution of such forms that was known in the late-Sasanian period.

Keywords

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Helmets; Spangenhelme; Lamellar; Asia; Iran; Huns; Turkic Kaganate; China; Korea; Kizil Caves

• Publisher: Instytut Historii Uniwersytet w Siedlcach
• Journal: Historia i Świat
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 141-156

Contributors

author

KUBIK Adam

• Instytut Historii i Stosunków Międzynarodowych Wydział Humanistyczny Uniwersytet Przyrodniczo-Humanistyczny w Siedlcach

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