NORTHEAST CAUCASUS HORSESHOE-SHAPED FIBULAE OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE I MIL. AD
Horseshoe-shaped fibulae having appeared in the Northeast Caucasus in the first centuries AD have extended greatly and become the integral detail of the Northeast Caucasus costumes in the first half of the I mil. AD. In the article the author on the basis of the analysis of some burial places specifies some terms concerning the subjects under investigation, develops typology of the horseshoe-shaped fibulae and their chronology. The author attempts to reconstruct some details of the costume, makes the analysis of ornamental motives and the conclusion about their utilitarian, religious and esthetic functions.