From G reek Boar's‐Tusk Helmets to the First E uropean Metal Helmets: New Approaches on Development and Chronology

Summary After more than a century of research into B ronze Age helmets throughout E urope, both the development and chronology of conical helmets with spool‐shaped sockets still remain unclear. The comprehensive studies and analysis of the helmet from B iecz have not completely resolved the discussions. Other helmets, when not solitary finds, have been usually dated according to their alleged associations in a hoard but have never been extensively discussed as a single helmet type of one date range. By introducing to the discussion a G reek bronze helmet with incised boar's tusks as well as those boar's‐tusk helmets with bronze cheek plates, more light is shed on the development and chronology of these very first E uropean bronze helmets.