Finds, Roughly 1985 to 1995, Was a Spectacular Time. Although the Number of Disc Brooches from Friesland Has Been Increased by A
MEDIEVAL BROOCHES FROM THE DUTCH PROVINCE OF FRIESLAND (FRISIA): A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE WIJNALDUM BROOCHES. PART II: DISC BROOCHES J.M. BOS University of Groningen, Groningen Institute of Archaeology, Groningen, the Netherlands ABSTRACT: The second part of the catalogue of medieval brooches from Friesland deals with the disc brooches (cf. Bos, 2005/06a; Bos, 2005/06b). It describes over 1,000 specimens. KEYWORDS: the Netherlands, Friesland, Wijnaldum, disc brooches, Middle Ages, catalogue, morphology, demo- graphy, metal detection, terpen. 1. INTRODUCTION finds, roughly 1985 to 1995, was a spectacular time. Although the number of disc brooches from Friesland The general introduction and background to this series has been increased by almost 50% since closure of the will be found in Bos 2005/06a. It puts the inventory catalogue presented here, the big harvest was in those into context, explains its limited scope and the reason years, showing which terpen were most affected by why mostly prototypes are depicted. Also it lists the erosion, such as Wijnaldum, Pingjum, Dongjum (I re- many contributors. tract my earlier remarks on Dongjum’s demography – Special thanks are due to Jan Zijlstra, of Leeuwarden, Bos, 2005/06b) and Oosterbierum. If one should now- who himself never touched a metal detector, and to adays visit the Riegeterpen of Pingjum, one would be Gerke van Dijk, the most proficient searcher of all. hard pressed to find anything with only the aid of a The period in question of the large increase in detector metal detector. Zijlstra (2003) describes how around 1975 only some 15 disc brooches were known from Friesland.
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