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

128 CHAPTER 2 thirds of its length comprised the blade, whilst its socket is circular in cross section. The spearhead from grave ...

Polearms 129 by Frauke Stein and Jozef Zábojník,194 who considered the spearheads from grave No. 77 from Čataj195 (fig. 49/1) an ...

130 CHAPTER 2 of the Pfullingen type.198 As a result, the Pfullingen type did not appear in the Carpathian Basin during the 8th ...

Polearms 131 1.3.4 Lenticular Blade with Central Rib (Dorfmerking Type) (P.III.D) This type is characterised by a broad lenticul ...

132 CHAPTER 2 Figure 50 Spearheads of type P.III.D (Dorfmerking-type) 1. Környe, stray find (Salamon – Erdélyi 1971, 30, 56, 106 ...

Polearms 133 fig. 51),213 and they are probably of symbolic significance, since such spear- heads could not be used in battle. T ...

134 CHAPTER 2 Transylvania will be presented separately, because they belong to different traditions. Only one spearhead of the ...

Polearms 135 obscure, although the find of Gâmbaş suggests that they date to the second half of the Avar Age (probably Late phas ...

136 CHAPTER 2 (map 21),230 while most of the spearheads belonging to this type are dated to the Late phase (ten examples, mainly ...

Polearms 137 This spearhead was described and studied by Ján Eisner235 and László Kovács.236 According to Kovács it belonged to ...

138 CHAPTER 2 beginning of the 8th century, based on the Late Avar cast belt-set found in the burial.237 The spearhead from Deví ...

Polearms 139 tip of which is in the line of its edge, and thus it cannot be regarded as an early variant of its type. However, m ...

140 CHAPTER 2 The spearhead from grave No. 228 at Košice–Šebastovce246 is a unique exam- ple with a blade of triangular cross se ...

Polearms 141 and its socket is open. A similar spearhead was depicted on the 2nd gold jar of the ‘Nagyszentmiklós’ hoard on the ...

142 CHAPTER 2 One of the most important weapon finds from the Late Avar period is the unique javelin from grave No. 46/83 at Val ...

Polearms 143 is long, narrow, its cross section is quadrangular and twisted directly under the blade. The length of the neck is ...

144 CHAPTER 2 3 Shafts Only 15 early medieval and 12 Avar-age wooden samples have been examined for determining the material fro ...

Polearms 145 The wooden material of the spear shaft was determined by its physical prop- erties and function. Hard and flexible ...

146 CHAPTER 2 Site Grave No.Shaft length (cm)Reference 1 Čierný Brod 2 135 Točík 1992, 9–12., Obr. 7 2 Devínska Nová Ves 170 3 D ...

Polearms 147 could also be the result of an artistic tradition.265 The length of the spear shaft compared to the length of the h ...