Akinakai. Pumnale, spade şi săbii în spaţiul est-carpatic al României (sec. VII-V Î.H.)

  • Subiect: Akinakai. Daggers, swords and scimitars in the East-Carpathian area of Romania (7th-5th centuries B.C) In the east-Carpathian areas of Romania, some of the most representative artifacts in terms of their frequency and chronological value dating to the 7th-5th centuries B.C. are the so-called Akinakai. In this paper, we do not propose new typologies, but discuss from a strictly functional point of view the 49 indexed pieces, both Akinakai as well as „hybrid forms”. The first functional category is represented by daggers, which contain 30 indexed artifacts. The second category consists of swords, with 15 discoveries, while scimitars are represented, so far, by a single find. The funerary discoveries whereby Akinakai are associated with other military gear, despite the fact they are not very numerous, could provide some evidence for a preliminary view of the identity of those who used the weapons. The Scythian, or Agathyrsi groups from Moldova, present especially in the Neamţ Depression and the Central Moldavian Plateau, lived in forested areas and fought as lightly armed infantrymen, using Akinakai, bows, spears and sometimes war hatchets. The Akinakai seemed to have played a symbolic role. Judging by their frequency, but also by the fact that some of them are rather small, they had no military utility. In the Subcarpathian area, the local elements are stronger. The warriors of Cajvana and Bârseşti, despite the fact that they too used Scythian gear, are buried according to local traditions. Beginning in the mid 5th century BC, or more likely after the end of this
  • Limba de redactare: română (şi un rezumat în engleză)
  • Secţiunea: Epoca metalelor
  • Vezi publicația: Acta Musei Porolissensis: ActaMP
  • Editura: Editura Porolissum a Muzeului Judeţean
  • Loc publicare: Zalău
  • Anul publicaţiei: 2016
  • Referinţă bibliografică pentru nr. revistă: XXXVIII; anul 2016; subtitlu: Anuarul Muzeului Judeţean de Istorie şi Artă Zalău; seria arheologie - restaurare - conservare
  • Paginaţia: 139-162
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