Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 1. (2019)
Iosif Vasile Ferencz, Cristian Constantin Roman: A Late Iron Age Belt Buckle from Ardeu
46 I. V. Ferencz - С. С. Roman In the eastern Carpathian Basin from the end of the Late Iron Age only a couple of belt buckles are known. At the beginning of the 20th century, two typologically different belt buckles were discovered at Sighiijoara- Wietenberg,12 yet, these Bataille 1A2 type and 4D type belt buckles date from an earlier period than the one found at Ardeu. Even if weapons and pieces of military equipment in the Late Iron Age are characterized by homogeneity on large areas,13 the presence at Ardeu of this type of clothing accessory, with its core region in central and western Europe, indicates the connectivity of the military elite from this region with the western neighbours, and the mobility of individuals, artefacts or technology in the period. These connections are also illustrated by further artefacts found at Ardeu14 which are specific for the central European areas. The two belt buckles from Sighi^oara indicate that these type of belts reached the Carpathian Basin soon after they appeared in the western area, while the piece dated to the end of the first century AD from Ardeu shows the persistence of the contacts between these regions. REFERENCES Bataille 2001 G. Bataille, Les agrafes de ceinturon du sanctuaire de La Villeneuve-au-Chátelot (Aube), ArchKorr 31/3,2001,443-460. Beldiman-Sztancs 2014 C. Beldiman - M.-D. Sztancs, Analiza materialului osteologic descoperit in campania 2013. Gestionarea resurselor de origine animalä. Date asupra activitäftlor economice, CCA, Campania 2013 (Oradea 2014) 18-21. Dizdar 2013 M. Dizdar, Zvonimirovo - Veliko polje. A cemetery of the La Тёпе culture (Zagreb 2013) Ferencz 2012 I. V. Ferencz, Late Iron Age brooch which enamelled plaque from Ardeu, Marisia 32, 2012, 79-84. Ferencz 2013 I. V. Ferencz, Dacian objects from Ardeu in the collection of the MNIR, Ziridava. StudArch 27, 2013,135-144. Ferencz 2014 I. V. Ferencz, The Dacian fortress before the Roman conquest. Case study - the fortress at Ardeu, ActaAC 49, 2014, 115-129. Ferencz -Roman 2010 I. V. Ferencz - С. C. Roman, The Dacian fortress from Ardeu - research directions, Acta TS 9, 2010, 173-184. Ferencz et al. 2003 I. V. Ferencz - M. C. Cästäian - C. Bodó - С. I. Popa - §t. Andrei - R. Stäncescu, Ardeu, com Bal$a, jud. Hunedoara, punct Cetäfeaua, CCA, Campania 2002 (Bucuresti 2003) 40-42. Ferencz et al.2004 I. V. Ferencz - M. C. Cästäian - C. Bodó - С. I. Popa - §t. Andrei - R. Stäncescu, Ardeu, com Bal§a, jud. Hunedoara, punct Cetäjeaua, CCA, Campania 2003 (Bucuresti 2004) 43-45. 12 Horedt-Seraphin 1971, 86, pi. 68/16. 13 Lejars 1994, 39. 14 Ferencz 2012.
