Kinkfibel

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The damaged brooch, needle and half of the spiral spring are missing

The buckled brooch is a late Iron Age clasp for holding clothes together. The name of this brooch results from a characteristic, strong kink in the bracket.

description

The bow of the kink fibula rises slightly at first, but then forms a sharp bend upwards, which is additionally emphasized by a profiled knot. Immediately afterwards, the bracket drops sharply towards the head of the fibula. In order to create a closing effect, the buckled brooch has a spiral spring with six or eight turns. Spiral, needle and bracket are made from one piece, so it is a so-called one-part fibula. The needle holder is filled, i. H. he has no breakthrough work or anything like that.

Brooches are a typical part of the costume of the late Iron Age or the early Roman Empire . Its distribution area includes Switzerland, western Germany, northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

literature

  • Oscar Almgren: Studies on Northern European fibula forms of the first centuries AD . Leipzig 1923.
  • Ronald Heynowski: Primers. recognize · determine · describe. (= Determination Book Archeology 1 ), 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-422-07119-3 , p. 76.
  • Hubert Leifeld: Endlatène and older imperial primers from graves in the Trier region: an antiquarian-chronological study (= university research on prehistoric archeology 146). R. Habelt, Bonn 2007, ISBN 978-3-7749-3328-6 .
  • Rosemarie Müller, Heiko Steuer :  fibula and fibula costume. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 8, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1994, ISBN 3-11-013188-9 , pp. 541-545.