The Dacian bracelets are bracelets associated with the ancient people known as the Dacians, a distinct branch of the Thracians. These bracelets were used as ornaments, currency, high rank insignia and votive offerings[5] Their ornamentations consist of many elaborate regionally distinct styles.[6] Bracelets of various types were worn by Dacians, but the most characteristic piece of their jewelry was the large multi-spiral bracelets; engraved with palmettes towards the ends and terminating in the shape of an animal head, usually that of a snake.[7]
- ^ Trohani 2007a, p. 1.
- ^ Trohani 2007b, p. 5.
- ^ Constantinescu et al. 2010, p. 1040.
- ^ Arbunescu 2011, p. 1.
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- For the various functions of bracelets with Dacians see Florescu, Daicoviciu & Roșu (1980), p. 68
- For the high rank insignia, see Sîrbu & Florea (2000), p. 13
- For the bracelets used as ornaments, see Dumitrescu, H (1941), p. 137
- For the votive offerings see Spânu (1998), p. 49
- For the bracelet-currency see Popescu (1956), p. 212
- For the North Thracians see McHenry & Encyclopædia Britannica (1993), p. 602
- ^ Taylor 2001, p. 212.
- ^ Popescu 1971, p. 45.