Lusatian culture
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The Lusatian culture existed in the later Bronze Age and early Iron Age in most of what is now Poland and parts of what are now the Czech Republic, Slovakia, eastern Germany and western Ukraine. It co
Reconstructed Biskupin (Poland)
Lusatian weapons
Various artefacts, Bronze and Iron Age
Socketed axes and arm rings
Urnfield culture
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The Urnfield culture was a late Bronze Age culture of Central Europe, often divided into several local cultures within a broader Urnfield tradition. The name comes from the custom of cremating the dea
Lusatian culture
…of the Middle Bronze Age, essentially incorporating the local communities into the socio-political network of Iron Age Europe. It formed part of the Urnfield systems, origin of the Celts and Italic peoples, including the Romans, found from eastern France, southern Germany and Austria, to Hungary and the…
Urnfield culture, bronze situla with bird-headed sun ship motif, Hungary, c. 1000 BC.
Villanovan cinerary urn with sun-bird-ship motifs, Italy, 8th century BC.
Bronze shield from Denmark with sun-bird-ship motifs, Nordic Bronze Age, c. 1100-700 BC.
Urnfield culture sword and helmet, Romania