Chronology and Evolution of Early Medieval Hooked Spurs in the Light of New Finds and Analyses
Andrzej Janowski
The paper offers results of an analysis spurs with terminals arms bent inside made from copper alloys (socalled Technotype I). These artefacts are divided into a few variants based on the differences in height arch. In former archaeological literature, lowest arch were considered as earliest ones. topography and chronology finds, combined examinations chemical composition suggests that Variants A B-C not evolutionary links, but two different groups specimens, same separate territory use composition.
Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae|RCIN (Digital Repository of the Scientifics Institutes) (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences)