Speaker
Dr
Géza Szabó
(Wosinsky Museum, Szekszárd)
Description
The discovery of the gigantic bronze spiral at Abaújdevecser (North-eastern Hungary) in 2002 startled Hungarian archaeology: the 43 cm long, 4 cm thick, 12 kg object was absolutely unprecedented that time. Due to some other fortunate ‘discoveries’ latterly, fragments of similarly large bronze spirals has come to the forefront of archaeological research in the last two years. In the presentation we collect information regarding either several similarly large bronze spirals that recently came to light from depots or their normal size versions discovered from burial contexts. The presentation focus on the chronology, distribution, production, context of use and deposition of the spiral arm and ankle rings, with special attention to the so-called ‘megaspirals’.
Primary author
Dr
Géza Szabó
(Wosinsky Museum, Szekszárd)
Co-author
Dr
Viktória Kiss
(Institute of Archaeology, research Centre for teh Humanities, HAS)
