West Balt Circle Riders. Spurs and their Role in the Bogaczewo and Sudovian Cultures

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Hardback, 190 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:23 b/w, 11 col., 2 tables b/w., 7 maps color, Languages:English, Polish. *new ISBN 9782503614939. Summary The spurs of horse riders have long been acknowledged as an important item of grave furniture in the Late Roman and Migration period burials of Poland, a reflection of the high social position held by the deceased. Yet while spurs have been studied at a general level, and typo-chronological studies have been conducted on spurs found in southern and central Poland, no such research has so far been conducted on finds from the West Balt Circle, in north-eastern Poland. This volume is an attempt to rectify the situation by offering a thorough examination of finds attributed to the Bogaczewo and Sudovian Cultures. The author here offers a comprehensive assessment of surviving materials from the period, many of which are scattered through museums across Europe, together with an in-depth analysis of archival sources (included among them the private inventories of archaeologists working in the pre-war period) in order to reconstruct our understanding of the furnishings and data relating to spurs. This detailed research, carefully contextualized against our wider understanding of Barbarian Europe, offers an important new reference for our understanding both of the West Balt Circle and its inter-cultural relations with surrounding regions, as well as of the symbolic meaning of spurs and their significance in burial rites. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations Chapter 1: State of Research Sources Chapter 2: Spurs Classification Material Chapter 3: Anthropological Data Bogaczewo Culture Sudovian Culture Chapter 4: Richness of Graves with Spurs Co-occurrence with Weapons Chapter 5: Number of Spurs in Graves Chapter 6: Location of Graves with Spurs within Cemeteries Chapter 7: Ways of Mounting Spurs Chapter 8: Development of Spurs in the Bogaczewo and Sudovian Cultures Chapter 9: Roman Inspirations Final Remarks Chapter 10: Catalogue Bogaczewo Culture Sudovian Culture List of Current Polish and Former German-Language Names of Archaeological Sites Included in the Catalogue Works Cited Index 0 g.…

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Title
West Balt Circle Riders. Spurs and their Role in the Bogaczewo and Sudovian Cultures
Author
Bartosz Kontny
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, Brepols, 2025
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