Jewellery made of bronze sheets from the prehistoric necropolis at the village of Velebit, near Kanjiža

Abstract

In 1970, a Bronze Age necropolis in the village of Velebit to the north of Vojvodina was fully explored, but has remained unpublished until today. Apart from possessing all of the features of a Hügelgräber culture complex, some finds indicate connections to the Belegiš - Cruceni culture, developed at the very south of the Carpathian basin. In this paper, we shall present only some of the most attractive finds from the necropolis, including jewellery made of bronze sheets. They include spiral greaves, a belt and finger-rings. The remaining finds shall be presented in a monograph that is being planned. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. OI 177020: Cultural identity, integration factors, technological processes and the role of central Balkans in development of European prehistory and Grant no. OI 177023: Cultural changes and population migrations in early prehistory of the central Balkans]

Keywords

• Necropolis
• Late Bronze Age
• Hügelgräber culture
• Belegiš culture
• greaves
• belt
• finger-rings