Glass Finds from the La Tene Period in Spis Region

Spis is the region in northern Slovakia with evidence of an intensive settlement in the Middle, late and Final la Tene periods by bearers of the Puchov culture (including the pre-Puchov horizon). systematic field-walking collections include also fragments of glass bracelets and beads. the obtained set consists of 12 fragments of bracelets and 41 glass beads from six sites. the biggest concentration of these finds is at two known fortified settlement in Janovce-Machalovce (distr. of Poprad), position Pod Hradiskom, and in Zehra (distr. of Spisska nova Ves), position Severny svah hradneho kopca (Spissky hrad). the bracelets are of cobalt-blue colour. according to N. Venclova (1990) they belong to the types 6b/2 (5 pieces), 7b (3 pieces), 7c (1 piece), 11 (1 piece) and 15 (2 pieces). all these are bracelets that are dated to the Middle la Tene period LT C1-C2 (cca a half of the 3rd up to a half of the 2nd cent. Bc). the beads scale is more colourfull. the set includes small circular beads of cobalt-blue colour, that are prevailing, beads with blue-white layered dots on white, in one case on yellow ground and a fragment of a solid translucent bead of brown-rose colour. the surface is decorated with yellow engraved lines. the masklike bead belongs to the group of beads with human faces.