The finds from the site of Orolik–Rajterovo Brdo in western Syrmia include boat-shaped fibulae and a bracelet with stamp-shaped terminals that can be dated to the end of the seventh and the beginning of the sixth century BC. Outside of the explored Bosut group settlements, few women’s costume and jewellery items have been found in graves from the period in Syrmia. The boatshaped fibulae from Orolik, together with other fibulae of this form from Dalj group cemeteries in Baranya and eastern Slavonia, point to cultural connectivity with western Hungary. On the other hand, the bracelet with stamp-shaped terminals is a testimony of cultural contacts with the northern part of the central Balkans. Rajterovo Brdo also included younger finds of type Certosa fibulae of type V associated with the Syrmian group. The finds of boat-shaped fibulae and the bracelet with stamp-shaped terminals indicate that the beginning of the Early Iron Age in Syrmia and eastern Slavonia, regardless of their cultural dichotomy, was marked by different communication networks which are most visible in the characteristic items of female costume and jewellery. These items reflect cultural transfers from neighbouring regions which led to the creation of unique and hybrid combinations of women’s costume.
Dizdar et al. (Thu,) studied this question.