Abstract
Grave 1/94 and New Data Refining the Chronology of Early Medieval Castle Hill in Nitra
Highlights
Based on a detailed analysis of the equipment and stratigraphy of grave 1/94 on Nitra Castle, the present paper presents most recent information about the chronology of the settlement on the Castle Hill
The castle hill served as a place for burying the dead already in the early phases of the early medieval settlement, i.e. at the turn of the 8th and 9th c. (Bednár 2001, 31; Bednár/Ruttkay 2018, 234)
The analysis shows that the stylistics of Great Moravian fittings is consistent with their Western European counterparts
Summary
Nitra Castle architectonically dominates the region and significantly contributes to our understanding of the beginnings of Slovak and Hungarian history. The grave contained a bronze buckle, a bronze strap-end and fragments of an iron spur with a buckle (Fig. 4 – 8) Those finds allowed to date the grave back to the Great Moravian times. Set of fittings decorating the main belt included a rectangular strap-end and a D-shaped buckle without a prong has been found in the grave 1/94 (Fig. 4: 1, 2; 5). Symmetrical plant ornament arranged around a centrally placed cross motif – along with additional ‘+’ or ‘x’ symbols (Fig. 9: 1, 5) – is one of the primary features of the late Carolingian style (Robak 2019). When the Carolingian plant style dominated (2nd – 3rd third of the 9th c.), D-shaped (and more oval) buckles were the basic type used in strap sets and were used in combination with rectangular fittings
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