Sixth-century fibulae with bent stem
Journal: SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Year: 2013

Fibulae with bent stem are among the commonest dress accessories found on sixth-century sites in the Balkans—hilltop forts or cemeteries. Syna Uenze, the first archaeologist who dealt systematically with this category of artifacts, has advanced the idea that those dress accessories derived from fourth-century specimens most typical for the Sântana de Mureş-Chernyakhov culture. According to her, the fibulae with bent stem were a symptom of the barbarization of the Balkan provinces of the Empire.