And now... Something completely different! The New Early La Tène Oberndorf-Sisak fibula type
And now... Something completely different! The New Early La Tène Oberndorf-Sisak fibula type

Summary/Abstract: In the paper the new Early La Tène type of fibula is defined, named Oberndorf–Sisak type. The main criteria for defining this new type, comprisedof limited number of typologically rather heterogeneous objects, was aparticular technical detail in which the pin is connected with a rivet to theheadplate of the fibula. Interestingly, this technical solution represents „deadend” at the very beginning of development of the La Tène fibulae, consideringthat the spring constructions in various forms absolutely dominated this, almostfive centuries long development. The typo-chronological analyses of the graveassemblages from Oberndorf and Rassing cemeteries suggests that the fibulae ofthe Oberndorf–Sisak type should be dated to La Tène A phase in general, witha tendency to its early sub-phase (LT A1). Although the number of the knownfibulae of the Oberndorf–Sisak type is less than satisfactory for more detaileddistribution analyses, four pieces from Lower Austria (Oberndorf, Rassing) andone from SW Slovakia (Horné Orešany), indicate possible area of productionin the context of so-called eastern Early La Tène circle. On the other hand, thefibula from Sisak is certainly an allochthonous element in Late Hallstatt context,within the community which combined objects of various geographical origins(Central Europe, Eastern Alps, and the Balkans) in creation of rather eclecticcostumes.

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