In many of the graves an iron knife was found lying by the skeleton; in others the bodies were decorated with bronze FibulAe, richly gilt, and ornamented in front.
"A Cotswold Village"
J. Arthur Gibbs
Little local manufactures of pottery or FibulAe testify to its sporadic survival.
"The Romanization of Roman Britain"
F. Haverfield
Now an examination of barrows shows that the Angles practised cremation and urn burial, which was not so common amongst the Jutes and Saxons, and the FibulAe found in the tombs of these tribes differ considerably in shape and size.
"English Villages"
P. H. Ditchfield