ZBRANE Z PLAVECKÉHO PODHRADIA-POHANSKEJ V KONTEXTE ĎALŠÍCH STREDOLATÉNSKYCH A NESKOROLATÉNSKYCH NÁLEZOV

In this article, we deal with the evaluation of finds of La Tène militaria – weapons and fighter equipment from the Pohanská hillfort in Plavecké Podhradie, which lies in the Small Carpathians. These objects as part of iron objects hoards are found here. They are mainly the points of lances, spears, as well as swords with scabbards with an “S”-shaped clip. In addition, there are decorative cases for knife sheathes. An important part of the finds is composed of parts of horse tackle in the form of curb bits and their components, spurs also appear. The La Téne hillfort Pohanská is dated to the period of the end of the middle and the beginning of the late La Tène LTC2 – LTD1a. As well as this site, new finds of weapons have appeared in the Small Carpathians in the form of an extremely long lance from Pezinok and the fragment of a sword from Smolenice-Molpír, where the settlement is contemporary with that of Plavecké Podhradie-Pohanská.