Arrowheads from the Getic settlements of the Dniester-Prut forest steppe Cover Image

Vârfuri de săgeată descoperite în aşezările getice din silvostepa Nistru-Prut
Arrowheads from the Getic settlements of the Dniester-Prut forest steppe

Author(s): Alexandru Levinschi
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Institutul Patrimoniului Cultural al Academiei de Științe a Moldovei
Keywords: Getic settlements;shooter weapons;arrowheads;Scythians;

Summary/Abstract: The study presents a synthesis of shooter weapons (bronze arrowheads), which occur frequently in the Getic settlements, including fortified ones, from the forested area of the forest steppe between Dniester and Prut. All known pieces are of the "three fins" and "three edges" varieties, typologically/quantitatively characteristic of the Scythian quiver sets of the fourth chronological group, according to A.I. Meliukova’s model. In light of this finding, the time period to which the quiver sets from the fourth chronological group belong was reassessed to be between 390-380 BC and no later than 340-330 BC.

  • Issue Year: XIII/2017
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 41-50
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English, Romanian, Russian