Ornamente de centură descoperite la Oltina - „Capul Dealului”
Belt Ornaments Discovered at Oltina - „Capul Dealului”

Summary/Abstract: Begun to be researched in 2001, the early medieval fortified settlement ofOltina – ”Capul Dealului” (Constanța county) offers numerous data that highlight it inthe dobrudjan archaeological landscape through novelties and specific features comparedto what has been investigated so far. Among the many pieces discovered here are thoseused to decorate clothing accessories, small objects which, by application or sewing,offered another aspect of clothes, belts, bags, shoes and other objects that could beembellished with their help.The present study brings to attention a batch of bronze objects discovered in theearly medieval fortified settlement of Oltina -„Capul Dealului”. The batch consists of 31apliques and 3 strap ends. The pieces come from the systematic research and from thecollection of the Museum of National History and Archeology from Constanța, the latter representing random discoveries before the opening of the archaeological site.The general characteristics of many of the belt ornaments discovered at Oltinaattributed them to the groups of objects specific to the Danube area. The analogies, the presence of lead models and molds in the artistic metalworking centers located south ofPreslav, limit, for many pieces, the territory to the first Bulgarian Czardom and it s area ofinfluence.From a chronological point of view, the pieces of the presented group belong broadly to the 8th - 11th centuries. Most belong to the middle period of the specified interval, 9th -10th centuries. In some situations, the discovery of similar pieces in contexts dating back to the 8th-9th centuries, respectively the 8th-10th centuries, determine us to a greaterattention in the analysis of the discoveries, the respective pieces being possible indications of the foundation of the settlement in the second half of the 8th century, which, however,remain theoretical only, and they must be argued with clear situations that emerge duringthe research.The belt ornaments discovered at Oltina contribute to the completion of the information regarding the fashion of the respective times, the production of jewelry, thearea of their spread and, implicitly, the shaping of the image of the area during the early medieval period.

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