How far did the nomads go to the West around the middle of the 6th century BC?

2022/01/15 by Grechko, Denys

paper · doi:10.34616/ssa.2021.63.15.24

Abstract

The scientists are still debating about quantity, dating and scale of the so-called “Scythian invasions” in Central Europe. The dating of arrowheads sets is important for clarifying the chronology of the settlement structures and burial complexes of the late Hallstatt period in Central and Eastern Europe. The arrowheads sets of the Repiakhuvata Mohyla horizon (Ha D1) in Central Europe are known only in the complexes of the Transylvanian group. The arrow heads from the destruction layers of the settlements in Eastern and Central Europe (Smolenice-Molpír, Wicina, etc.) belong to the transitional period (570/560 – 540 BC) (the boundary of the periods Ha D1/Ha D2). The arrowheads of the chronological horizon of the Vitova Mohyla correspond to those that were found in the classical burials of the Vekerzug culture (Ha D2). The find of the Western Hallstatt trophies at Bilsk may indicate the participation of nomad groups from the East in the destruction of Heuneburg.

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