• DOI:10.31577/slovarch.2021.suppl.2.8
• Corpus ID: 246788514

Middle La Tène Bronze Fibulae Decorated in Pseudo-filigree and Pseudo-granulation Techniques of the Scordiscan Variant. A Recognizable Feature of the Local Middle La Tène Female Costume

@article{Dizdar2021MiddleLT,
  title={Middle La T{\`e}ne Bronze Fibulae Decorated in Pseudo-filigree and Pseudo-granulation Techniques of the Scordiscan Variant. A Recognizable Feature of the Local Middle La T{\`e}ne Female Costume},
  author={Marko Dizdar},
  journal={Slovensk{\'a} archeol{\'o}gia},
  year={2021}
}

• Marko Dizdar
• Published 31 December 2021
• Computer Science
• Slovenská archeológia

Certain forms of bronze fibulae, alongside some forms of bronze belts, are recognizable items of the Middle La Tène Scordiscan female costume. One of those forms is the so-called Scordiscan variant of bronze fibulae with round plates decorated in pseudo-filigree and pseudo-granulation techniques. Fibulae belonging to this heterogeneous group, with specific variants singled out, are characteristic of communities along the Danube River which shared similar ideas of decoration of the female body during the Middle La Tène. The presence of numerous variants of fibulae clearly points to the existence of local workshops, regardless of noticeably the same basic decorative design concept in their production. Fibulae assigned to the scordiscan variant have a characteristic trefoil motif with a knob on the top of the round plate and are, for now, known only from scordiscan sites, due to which they can probably be considered products of their workshops. Finds of fibulae assigned to some other variants were also discovered at Scordiscan sites, indicating the existence of cultural contacts with neighbouring communities. In any case, bronze fibulae decorated in pseudo-filigree and pseudo-granulation techniques provide valuable findings of decorating Scordiscan women’s bodies, as well as their public presentation, i.e., the fibulae probably represent a recognizable manifestation of their visual identity.