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Boat-shaped fibulae of Middle La Tene scheme from the Iapodian territory

In the last centuries before Christ, in the territory of the Iapodes there appeared fibulae with a characteristic hollow boat-shaped bow and a decorative plate or knob on the backward-bent foot. In the grave units of the cemeteries of the Una valley and Lika, such fibulae have been found alongside items dated to the period between the end of the 2nd c. and the last decades of the 1st c. BC, which coincides with the period in which both variants of fibulae with boat-shaped bow were used. Similar fibulae with a massive, full boat- shaped bow and decorative plate were slightly older, as they appeared in the second half of the 2nd and the early 1st c. BC. Other associated finds, such as a ceramic rhyton, an amphora and imported fibulae, demonstrate that Iapodian communities were open towards the neighbouring regions, while at the same time preserving their tradition, reflected in the limited distribution of this type of fibula, a characteristic element of Iapodian attire in the last century preceding the Roman conquest. The occurrence of the same type in the Kupa valley, especially in Sisak, testifies to the mutual contacts with the communities situated on the edges of southern Pannonia.

Iapodes ; the Una region ; Late Iron Age ; 2nd-1st c. BC ; boat-shaped fibulae of the Middle La Tène scheme ; dress ; identity ; contacts

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