Vol. 70 No. 1 (2018)
Research Article

A Late Hallstatt bird’s head brooch from the Museum at Slaný (central Bohemia)

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  • Venceslas Kruta,
  • Václav Moucha
Venceslas Kruta
14 Orée de Marly, F 785 90 Noisy-le-Roi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35686/AR.2018.3

Published 01-03-2018

Keywords

  • bird’s head brooch,
  • Late Hallstatt period,
  • north-south relations,
  • symbolism of coral and water fowl

How to Cite

Kruta, V., & Moucha, V. (2018). A Late Hallstatt bird’s head brooch from the Museum at Slaný (central Bohemia). Archeologické Rozhledy, 70(1), 67–90. https://doi.org/10.35686/AR.2018.3
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Abstract

The article uses as yet unpublished Late Hallstatt brooch from Bohemia to create an overview of knowledge on bird’s head brooches from this period, their general context, dating and relationships with related Early La Tène forms. According to current information on the state of research, this is a category of brooches whose origin can best be traced to northern Italy at the beginning of the 5th century BC. The use of coral, a material connected with the Celtic notion of life, and the depiction of water fowl connected with the concept of cyclical alternation, confirm the symbolic meaning of the artefact.

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