Early roman fibulae from the 11th kilometer hillfort settlement (Eastern Crimea)

In 2017 staff members of the Department of archaeological heritage preservation of the Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, conducted rescue excavations at a settlement known as the 11th kilometer hillfort. The site is located 15 km west of Kerch. Bronze fibulae are one of the most spectacular groups of finds discovered at the site. They refer to several typological groups of metallic fasteners commonly used in Eastern Europe. The paper introduces these materials into scientific discourse. The published series of fibulae is dated to the middle of the 1st - second quarter/ middle of the 2nd century AD.