CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE MEMELKULTUR AREA AND DOLLKEIM-KOVROVO CULTURE ACCORDING TO DATA FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARCHIVES

Abstract

The author discusses a few examples of artefacts that testify to the contacts between the Balts living in Samland (the Sambian Peninsula) and in the Memelkultur area during the Roman Iron Age. This data was collected from notes and drawings made by Herbert Jankuhn, Marta Schmiedehelm and Kurt Voigtmann. Archival data gives us a chance to interpret similarities in the fashion of wearing of necklaces of similar composition, or rings with similar nodular decoration during the Early Roman Period. The Memelkultur-style brooches found in Samland, and similar status symbols, such as snake-head rings, testify to the strong relations between the two Balt coastal areas during the Late Roman Period. Key words: Memelkultur, Dollkeim-Kovrovo culture, Samland, mutual contacts, Roman Period, archaeological archives. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/ ab.v1i0.1135