The Bell Beaker culture, also known as the Bell Beaker complex or Bell Beaker phenomenon, is an archaeological culture named after the inverted-bell beaker drinking vessel used at the beginning of the
Distribution of the area of influence of the Bell Beaker culture
Bell Beaker artefacts from Spain: ceramics, metal daggers, axe and javelin points, stone wristguards and arrowheads
Reconstruction of a Bell Beaker burial, Spain.
Corded Ware, Yamnaya and Sintashta cultures
The Únětice culture, Aunjetitz culture, or Unetician culture is an archaeological culture at the start of the Central European Bronze Age, dated roughly to about 2300–1600 BC. The eponymous site for t
Bell Beaker culture
…2450 BC, with the appearance of single burial graves, until as late as 1800 BC, but in central Europe only until 2300 BC, when it was succeeded by the Únětice culture. The culture was widely dispersed throughout Western Europe, being present in many regions of Iberia and stretching eastward to the Danubian plains…
Nebra sky disk discovered in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Early Bronze Age, 1800–1600 BC
Reconstruction of the Leubingen burial chamber, Germany
Diagram of the Helmsdorf barrow, Germany
Ceramic and gold artefacts from the Helmsdorf barrow, Germany, 1840 BC