Concerning cultural, chronological, and functional attribution of bone "belt-plates" in the Middle Dnieper area

The article deals with a specific category of finds known as bone belt-plates typical of the terminal period of the Late Bronze Age. The finds are related to a wide circle of archaeological sites characterized by use of horse, battle chariots and cheek- pieces. Over 40 finds are known from the Middle Dnieper area. The author publishes their detailed morphological analyses and classification. He comes to the conclusion that in the Middle Dnieper zone the considered plates functioned in Trzciniec cultural circle and were used not as details of military equipment, but as amulets-ornaments.