I have just finished the beginning phase of making the fibula wiki pages. The basic
architecture, or structure of all of the pages, is now in place. I have done the basic formatting of each though I will clean them up a
bit (others are welcome to do so as well if they wish).
However, this effort is just a beginning. Some pages don't even have lists of
types yet - like
Iron Age fibula. Others just have a list with no real details - like
Greek fibula. Others have no photos yet, etc.
As Joe said please add photos. If you don't know how, or if you have photos but are uncertain of the exact
type of fibula you have please PM or email me and I can
help you.
Also please feel free to add more details under each fibula.
I have tried to add the following for each fibula:
Typology: this is where we put the classifications. If you can add some data or know of a
new typology, please add it to the list (i.e. Smith C3 or whatever it is). I
still have to add lots of typology data, especially in Knee and
Kraftig Profilierte types.
Dates: this is the main date range of usage. I have chosen this based on as many sources I could find but have biased it in favour of the more recent sources. Please do not change it based on an old source as it may have been overtaken by more recent research. But please add any newer information or start a discussion (or email or PM me) if you think I have it wrong (which will be the case in many instances).
Distribution: these are the main find locations and some notes on usage. I did not include data on every place they have been found as single or
rare examples usually do not tell us about main distribution, but only about the key find places.
Notes: these are any miscellaneous notes.
So in summation please
help in any way - add photos, new
types, data, corrections, pointing out
typos and errors, etc. lets make this a
complete catalogue of
fibulae types and the best fibula source on the web.
Shawn