Notes on several finds from the beginning of the Early Iron Age in the Danube area

Abstract

This paper analyzes the chance finds from the left bank of the Vuka in Nuštar, near Vinkovci, in eastern Croatia. A bronze torque with T-shaped ends, a spear, pendants and a button were discovered as surface finds along the Vuka, which is a tributary of the Danube and a natural line of communication from the Danube area towards the west. The Nuštar finds indicate micro topographic relationships with similar finds in the Danube area and complement the current data on the distribution of torques with T-shaped ends, or spears with incised decorations. The finds, which can be dated to the period from the later phase of the Late Bronze Age (Ha B1 phase) to the beginning of the Early Iron Age (Ha C1a phase), prove hypotheses about the local shapes and regional and multi-regional contacts.