Sanisera Field School, session 9, 2010: Visigothic Belt Buckles, by Victoria Arizu

A Lost ArtA Lost ArtVisigothic belt Buckles Visigothic belt Buckles

throughout the 1st millennium throughout the 1st millennium A.D. A.D.

Visigothic belt Buckles Visigothic belt Buckles throughout the 1st millennium throughout the 1st millennium

A.D. A.D.

Victoria ArizuCity Dig Session #9

Migration Period Migration Period

East Germanic Tribes Transition from nomadic lifestyle to

farming The Suevi, Alans & Vandals Conquest of Iberia 585

East Germanic Tribes Transition from nomadic lifestyle to

farming The Suevi, Alans & Vandals Conquest of Iberia 585

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Arrival in Spain Arrival in Spain

Already culturally different then before

Similarities with Late Roman Empire

Portable wealth dominates art Polychrome Style (2nd-7th cen.

A.D.)

Already culturally different then before

Similarities with Late Roman Empire

Portable wealth dominates art Polychrome Style (2nd-7th cen.

A.D.)

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- Clothing & Adornment

- Metallurgy/ “Shield on Tongue”

- Importance of Grave Sites to Archeologists

- “Dark Ages”?

Visigoth Culture

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Necropolis of Tressan, Herault, Languedoc, 6th century

Copper alloy, c.550-600 AD

Merovingian Necropolis, France, 6th century

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“Voided” belt buckle, ???, 5th-6th century

Garnet inlaid buckle, Spain, 525-560 AD

Cultural Assimilation

Extensive trade with Mediterranean World

Catholicism vs. Arianism Animal Style (400-900 A.D.)

Extensive trade with Mediterranean World

Catholicism vs. Arianism Animal Style (400-900 A.D.)

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Animal Style: Type I

-Persistence of well defined borders/ compartments

-Whimsical figures

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Animal Style: Type II

-Ribbon-like creatures

-Variety of buckle shapes

QUIZ!!!QUIZ!!!

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