The Fibulae of Type Heuneburg

Abstract

The main characteristic of the Heuneburg and Seubersdorf type fibulae is the flat plate ending in a round or conical shaped head that is riveted to the bow. The Seubersdorf type can be distinguished by its striated bow and bulbous extremities. The Heuneburg fibulae originate in the South of Germany and are dated to the Hallstatt D2 or D3, but mainly to the later period. Several examples have been found to the South of the Alps, arriving probably via the Tessin valley; the example from Vix seems particularly isolated in the distribution map of these fibulae. New dating of northern Italian contexts where Heuneburg fibulae have been discovered, mean that objects from the North and the South of the Alps are now seen as perfectly contemporary which was not the case before.