ABSTRACT
The decorated bronze situlae from the south-eastern Alps have earned themselves the rare distinction, among all European prehistoric artefacts, of a title respected by archaeologists and art-historians alike – Situla Art. Many scholars have exercised themselves over these problems, and the situlae are enjoying a new period of celebrity and interest. The chariots are of mainland Greek type, and not that current in Etruria or on the situlae. A broad similarity, however, has been observed between the animal friezes on the Cretan shields and on the situlae. The early Cretan bronzes do no more than hint at the patterns and subjects of the situlae. It may be that the relevance of these bronzes from Greece to Situla Art can never be convincingly demonstrated, or may be quite illusory, but some further speculation is possible.
