On warrior mobility at the turn of the Early Roman and Younger Roman Iron Age : insights from the distribution range of buckles with a double tongue
Journal: Jagiellonian University Repository (Jagiellonian University)
Year: 2018

At the end of the Early Roman Iron Age and the beginning of the Younger Roman Iron Age (phases B2b-C1a) a characteristic element of the outfit of warriors in the central European Barbaricum are relatively broad belts fastened with a rectangular buckle with a double tongue. The buckles are a rather mixed group in terms of the construction of their frame (uni- or bi-partite), proportions and size, the shape of the tongue (forked or H-shaped), the presence (or not) of a chape, ornamentation, and al