Avar-Age Polearms and Edged Weapons. Classification, Typology, Chronology and Technology

28 CHAPTER 1 absence of weapons made from organic materials in depositions,155 as some inorganic elements of armament can be abs ...

Introduction 29 Weapons can be classified as offensive and defensive by their function, and close and distant-combat weapons by ...

30 CHAPTER 1 determines its basic shape. Between the blade and the socket there is a narrow section of the spearhead of circular ...

Introduction 31 Figure 1 Terminology of polearms. ...

32 CHAPTER 1 weapons,169 while straight bladed examples with false edge are simply called single-edged swords. The term ‘proto-s ...

Introduction 33 Figure 2 Terminology of edged weapons. ...

34 CHAPTER 1 cross section is concave, while the cross section of single-edged blades is usu- ally triangular or pentagonal. The ...

Introduction 35 The blade, due to its functionality, is regarded as the main attribute both of polearms and edged weapons. These ...

36 CHAPTER 1 Figure 4 Types of reed-shaped spearheads. The main characteristic of the reed-shaped blade (P.I) is its narrow shap ...

Introduction 37 In the case of the conical spearheads (P.II) the blade and the socket are not separate, the blade’s cross sectio ...

38 CHAPTER 1 P.III.C—narrow lenticular blade with rhombic cross section P.III.D—lenticular blade with a central rib P.III.E—lent ...

Introduction 39 Finally, based on the manufacture of the socket six variants were identified: a) cleft socket, b) socket wings b ...

40 CHAPTER 1 main functional characteristic as a weapon, thus the edged weapons (E) are grouped into four form-groups based on t ...

Introduction 41 Double-edged swords can be divided into three types: wide double-edged blades with fuller (spatha blades) (E.I.A ...

42 CHAPTER 1 Figure 10 Types of double-edged swords. ...

Introduction 43 Figure 11 Types of single-edged swords. ...

44 CHAPTER 1 Figure 12 Types of sabres. ...

Introduction 45 Figure 13 Types of seaxes. ...

46 CHAPTER 1 Sub-types were created by the presence (1) or absence (2) of the crossguard. Some edged weapons of the Early Avar p ...

Introduction 47 such as magnetite, hematite (red iron ore), limonite (brown iron ore) or the carbonate based siderite. Iron is m ...