PHALERAS AND NEEDLES OF THE METAL AGE ON THE TERRITORY OF ROMANIA
PHALERAS AND NEEDLES OF THE METAL AGE ON THE TERRITORY OF ROMANIA

Summary/Abstract: The present paper will refer to an aspect of processing metals on the territory of Romania, in Bronze Age and Iron Age (the second age having been studied up to the moment when Prehistory ended: 1st century B.C., being continued by Antiquity). Unfortunately, few pieces were found in settlements and in necropoleis, so it is difficult to attribute the artifacts of the Metal Age to one or other of the existing cultures, though the region where they were produced can be mentioned. Consequently, their study can lead to another classification than the chronological one, and that is of the field of ornamental arts in metal. In this case, we will focus only on phaleras and needles, which help us create a vivid picture of this important artistic field of the Metal Age on the territory of our country, these two joining other important types of jewels: fibulae, bracelets, rings, pendants, necklaces.

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