Abstract
AbstractThe aim of this paper is to examine a group of brooches whose numbers have been increasing in recent years to determine their origins, their relationship to each other and their role in the fine metalwork, goldsmith practice of the period. These brooches and pairs of brooches were found in ten sites scattered across a large geographic area (Szarvas, La-Rue-Saint-Pierre, Bernhardsthal, Uppåkra, Narona, Hemmingen, 'Italy', Collegno, Domoszló, Nagyvárad). The artefacts share common features that can aid in determining the areas of production for objects within the group. We can confidently date them to the second half of the 5thand the early 6thcenturies A.D. and examine their role in the development of the so-called Thuringian-type brooches. Furthermore, they allow us to investigate changes in female attire and shed light on the relationships between the Middle Danube region and Southern Sweden (Skåne).
Highlights
There are certain archaeological finds, objects and related questions that accompany archaeologists throughout their professional lives and some they repeatedly return to during the course of research
I had already determined the common features of the brooch group;6 as newer, better analogies have come to light, I have modified this definition, making it more detailed and specific
There is no question that these brooches were made and used in pairs: it is unlikely that the Szarvas and La Rue-Saint-Pierre brooches had been placed in separate graves, despite cropping up later in separate and remote archaeological collections
Summary
I had already determined the common features of the brooch group (at the time consisting of the objects from Szarvas, La Rue-Saint-Pierre, and Nagyvárad-Guttmann brick factory); as newer, better analogies have come to light (in Bernhardsthal, Uppåkra, Narona, Domoszló, ‘Italy’, Collegno), I have modified this definition, making it more detailed and specific. There is a narrow field on each side, beneath the panel of inlaid stones: in the Szarvas and La Rue-Saint-Pierre artefacts these fields are curved with peaked ends and each has a lengthwise groove; in the Uppåkra, this feature is similar but more accentuated, and in the Bernhardsthal brooch it has a rectangular shape articulated by two grooves. The Y-shaped strip on the animal head of the Hemmingen brooch pair is similar to that of the Szarvas and La Rue-Saint-Pierre artefacts, but is simpler in execution. –– The headplates on all the brooches are half circles, but on the Narona and Hemmingen specimens, a curved field above the main decorated surface, similar to that on the Szarvas, La Rue Saint-Pierre and Uppåkra brooches, can be seen.
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