The Lusatian culture existed in the later Bronze Age and early Iron Age in most of what is now Poland and parts of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, eastern Germany and western Ukraine. It covers the Periods Montelius III to V of the Northern European chronological scheme. It has been associated or closely linked with the Nordic Bronze Age. Hallstatt influences can also be seen particularly in ornaments and weapons.
Reconstructed Biskupin (Poland)
Reconstructed fortifications and longhouses at Biskupin
Lusatian weapons
Various artefacts, Bronze and Iron Age
The European Bronze Age is characterized by bronze artifacts and the use of bronze implements. The regional Bronze Age succeeds the Neolithic and Copper Age and is followed by the Iron Age. It starts with the Aegean Bronze Age in 3200 BC and spans the entire 2nd millennium BC, lasting until c. 800 BC in central Europe.
Gold 'Mask of Agamemnon', Greece, 1550 BC
Chariot model, Sintashta culture, Arkaim museum
Corded Ware, Yamnaya and Sintashta cultures
Illustration of a Terramare settlement