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Bronze fibula of Mötschwil type from cherchez la femme 41
Formin.
from smaller bronze rings or larger into a figure of 8 shaped joints as in
case of Formin. Authors interpreted them as elements of belt garnitures
or buckles for the buckling up of cloaks. Due to their decoration they also
stressed their apotropaic significance. They were initially discovered on
a territory between Austrian Štajerska, across Dolenjska to Podravina.
Their largest numbers were discovered in graves in Brežice, Novo mes-
to and in Zvonimirovo. Only isolated, not typical finds, were discovered
around Danube in Hungary.
Consequently, by contemplating just 4 elements of female attire and jew-
elry we can confirm the story of cultural contacts observed on the deco-
ration of sword scabbards. In the older part of the Middle La Tène peri-
od were more intensive contacts with the territory of the Eastern Celts
as demonstrated by the walnut shaped ankle rings. Pseudo-filigree fibu-
lae demonstrate that these influences triggered the development of local
forms of jewelry. While the Brežice type buckles are local, for the Mokro-
nog cultural group characteristic forms, which were only rarely spreading
to the east. In the younger period the contacts with the Central Europe-
an territory intensify as demonstrated with the variants of the Mötschwil
type fibulae.
Formin.
from smaller bronze rings or larger into a figure of 8 shaped joints as in
case of Formin. Authors interpreted them as elements of belt garnitures
or buckles for the buckling up of cloaks. Due to their decoration they also
stressed their apotropaic significance. They were initially discovered on
a territory between Austrian Štajerska, across Dolenjska to Podravina.
Their largest numbers were discovered in graves in Brežice, Novo mes-
to and in Zvonimirovo. Only isolated, not typical finds, were discovered
around Danube in Hungary.
Consequently, by contemplating just 4 elements of female attire and jew-
elry we can confirm the story of cultural contacts observed on the deco-
ration of sword scabbards. In the older part of the Middle La Tène peri-
od were more intensive contacts with the territory of the Eastern Celts
as demonstrated by the walnut shaped ankle rings. Pseudo-filigree fibu-
lae demonstrate that these influences triggered the development of local
forms of jewelry. While the Brežice type buckles are local, for the Mokro-
nog cultural group characteristic forms, which were only rarely spreading
to the east. In the younger period the contacts with the Central Europe-
an territory intensify as demonstrated with the variants of the Mötschwil
type fibulae.
