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The definition of “material culture”. Periodizations in use. Early medieval personal ornament: earrings, lock-rings, beads, pendants, bracelets, neck-rings, finger-rings, buttons. Decoration techniques: granulation, filigree, chip-carving, niello, damascening. Armour: sword, saber, axe, spear, bow and arrow. Military equipment: spurs, protective armour. Fittings of the belt. Parts of horse harness: stirrups, rein, strap mounts, saddle. Pottery: Prague type, Danubian type, nomadic pottery, Great Moravian pottery (Blučina, Morava, Mikulčice and Dolní Věstonice types); antique-shape pottery; graphite tempered pottery.
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