RESORTES DE MUELLE GIGANTES EN LA PRODUCCIÓN FIBULARIA DE LA HISPANIA CÉLTICA: EL DESTACADO REGISTRO DEL <em>OPPIDUM</em> VACCEO-ROMANO DE PINTIA (PADILLA DE DUERO/PESQUERA DE DUERO, VALLADOLID)

Abstract

Herein, the review and expansion of the typology established by E. Cabré and J. A. Morán for the spring mechanisms of fibulae, which they called giants, is addressed. These are hyper-trophic variations of the traditional spring mechanism that were so recurrently incorporated in the fibulae production of Celtic Hispania. The comparative analysis of absolute and percentage values extracted from different collections of fibulae has allowed us to glimpse which one or ones must have been the main centers of creation and production, and from where this type of spring mechanism radiated, highlighting, in light of new findings, the vaccean oppidum of Pintia (Padilla/Pesquera de Duero, Valladolid).