Holstein belt
The Holstein belt was a part of clothing up to 10 cm wide in the Germanic area in the last centuries before the turn of the century . It was probably put around the upper garment in the manner of a coupling and is a belt sheet , which is sometimes decorated with simple geometric patterns made of bronze parts that were riveted to the organic carrier material (probably leather). The belts were closed by hook ends.
The origin of this paddock, found as additions in urn cemeteries , which is also documented outside of Holstein in the Baltic Sea area (e.g. Eichsen mills in Mecklenburg ), is uncertain. Iron belt hooks and belt rings are common metal additions at this time. Bronze belt fittings, on the other hand, are less numerous. At the same time, bronze plate link chains were also in use. The finds can be assigned to the Jastorf culture .
The name Holstein belt goes back to the archaeologist Johanna Mestorf , who systematically described this belt shape for the first time in 1897 and named it "Holstein belt" .
literature
- H. Hingst: On the typology and distribution of the Holstein belts . In: Institute for Pre- and Protohistory of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (Ed.): Offa. Reports and Communications on prehistory, early history, etc. Medieval archeology . tape 19 . Wachholtz, 1962, ISSN 0078-3714 , p. 60-90 .
- C. Tschirschnitz: Altmark chain plate jewelry and Holstein belt from Mühlen Eichsen, status symbols of the Jastorf culture? Friedrich Schiller University, Jena 2003 (Master's thesis).
Individual evidence
- ^ Johanna Mestorf : The Holstein belt . In: Communications from the Anthropological Association in Schleswig-Holstein . No. 10 . Lipsius & Tischer, Kiel 1897, p. 6-18 .