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La Tène spears from the territory of south-east Pannonia and northern Balkans: typology, chronology, ritual and social context

Celtic warriors used swords and spears as assault weapons, but their full equipment inclu-ded shields, belts, and sometimes even helmets. From the 5th to the 1st centuries BC, war-rior equipment evolved so that by the LT C1 phase, early La Tène spearheads had gradually lengthened and narrowed. By the late La Tène, some of these objects measured over 60–80 cm long. The same changes are also documented in the material culture of the Scordisci, a political and ethnic community occupying the territory of south-eastern Pannonia and the northern Balkans. Spearhead typology for this region is based on four elements: blade shape and cross-section, socket shape and length, and their mutual relationships. Four distinctive types have been defined with an additional division into sixteen sub-types. Like other weaponry, spears were put inside the graves of the warrior elite and their destruction, as well as placing them in specific positions in the graves, points to the special significance of these items in funerary rituals.

spearheads, typology, chronology, south-east Pannonia, La Tène Culture, Scordisci, ritual, warrior elite

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