Yaroslav V. Prasolov^1,2,*, Konstantin N. Skvortsov^1,**

¹Institute of Archaeology RAS, Moscow, Russia
²Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology, Schleswig, Germany

*E-mail: j.w.prassolow@yandex.ru
**E-mail: sn_arch_exp@mail.ru

Keywords: the Sambian-Natangian culture, East Prussia, Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation, the Museum “Prussia”, Migration period, crossbow brooches, Schönwarling/Skowarcz type, Dollkeim/Kovrovo type.

The article discusses crossbow brooches with a long narrow foot and a cast catch-plate of Schönwarling/Skowarcz and Dollkeim/Kovrovo types – one of the most characteristic chronological indicators of the Migration period. The authors describe a number of specific structural features of the considered brooches in the Sambian-Natangian culture area, which define the typological belonging of the latter. Based on the results of the comparative analysis of the pre-war and contemporary archaeological sources, the authors suggest an up-to-date specified chronology of the above-mentioned types. Contrary to the currently common hypothesis, archaeological material demonstrates no co-existence, but instead a smooth replacement of Schönwarling/Skowarcz brooches by those of Dollkeim/Kovrovo type in the transition phase D2/D3, i.e. about 430 AD.

DOI: 10.31857/S086960630015372-8