REPRESENTATIONS OF JEWELLERY AND CLOTHING ON LATE BRONZE AGE ANTHROPOMORPHIC CLAY FIGURINES FROM NORTH-EASTERN HUNGARY
REPRESENTATIONS OF JEWELLERY AND CLOTHING ON LATE BRONZE AGE ANTHROPOMORPHIC CLAY FIGURINES FROM NORTH-EASTERN HUNGARY

Summary/Abstract: The present paper examines a group of Late Bronze Age anthropomorphic clay figurines recently unearthed in north-eastern Hungary (Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen and Heves Counties). In a broader sense, the sculptures can be dated to the Reinecke BC - HaB periods, however, most of them derive from features with typical BD material. By a detailed study of the decorated statuettes, our aim is to investigate whether any of the motifs correspond to jewellery and parts of clothing known from other sources of the era. Clarifying the issue is essential as defining elements and reconstructing types of costume in the studied period and region were so far based on indirect evidences (cremation graves and metal deposits).

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