Title Senojo ir vidurinio geležies amžiaus skydai Lietuvoje /
Translation of Title Shields in Lithuania in the Old and Middle Iron Age”.
Authors Kiulkys, Daumantas
DOI 10.15388/ArchLit.2010.11.5303
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Is Part of Archaeologia Lituana.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2010, t. 11, p. 33-114.. ISSN 1392-6748
Abstract [eng] Variation B – shield bosses with wall and high semi-spherical top. Two specimens of this variation are known (Fig. 8–9) which belong to the first part or middle of 5th century. Variation C – shield bosses with wall and semi-spherical top which ends with apex (Fig. 10). Only 1 specimen of this variation is known found at Žvirbliai cemetery in Vilnius city. Precise it’s date is unknown but it should belong to the period of end of 4th–7th centuries. Type III – shield bosses with conical top which ends with flat cap. 5 specimens belong to this type. They can be divided into 3 variations. Variation A – shield bosses with conical top and concaved sides which end with flat cap (Fig. 11). 3 specimens belong to this type. Most of them should belong to phase C1 (150–260 AD) but some of them might be of later date, maybe even from beginning of the 5th century. Variation B – shield bosses with wall and conical top with concaved sides which end with round apex. Only 1 find from Dauglaukis, Tauragė distr., grave no 19 has this form. It belongs to period of 180–220 AD. Type IIIB corresponds to N. Zieling type B1b. Single findings of this type were found in Germany, Poland and Sambian peninsula (Map no 4:b) and are dated to phases C1a–C1b (150–260 AD). However, some of these specimens might belong to phase C2 (250–300 AD). Variation C – shield bosses with wall and conical top...
Published Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla
Type Journal article
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2010
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