Fibulae Dear to the Heart: Jewelry of the 17th Century Ingermanlanders Based on Data from the Novaya Burya 4 Burial Ground

<jats:p>In 2022, the Leningrad regional expedition of the IHMC RAS, while exploring a former agricultural field near the western outskirts of the village Nova Burya, localized a section of a destroyed burial ground. In the modern Leningrad region, this is the only archaeological site of its kind known today. As a result of the excavations, 370 graves dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries were examined. Small fibulae in the shape of a heart were found among the grave goods. The products are unique to the lands of Votians and Ingrians and typical of the countries of Fennoscandia and Europe. The article offers a typological review, chronology, and cultural use of heart-shaped fibulae.</jats:p>