Nordic Bronze Age
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The Nordic Bronze Age is a period of Scandinavian prehistory from c. 2000/1750–500 BC.
Model of a Bronze Age house, National Museum of Denmark
Kivik 'King's Grave', Sweden, c. 1400 BC
Skrydstrup Woman, preserved textiles in oak coffin, Denmark, c. 1300 BC
Håga burial mound, Sweden, c. 1000 BC
Corded Ware culture
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The Corded Ware culture comprises a broad archaeological horizon of Europe between c. 2900 BC and 2300 BC, thus from the Late Neolithic, through the Copper Age, and ending in the early Bronze Age.:14
Nordic Bronze Age
…in the period 2000-1750 BC as a continuation of the Late Neolithic Dagger period, which is rooted in the Battle Axe culture (the Swedish-Norwegian Corded Ware variant), the Single Grave Culture (the north German and Danish Corded Ware variant) and Bell Beaker culture, as well as from influence that came from…
Corded Ware culture
Corded Ware pottery in the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Berlin). c. 2500 BC
According to Allentoft (2015), the Sintashta culture probably derived at least partially from the Corded Ware culture. Nordqvist and Heyd (2020) confirm this.
Corded Ware stone-axe in the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Berlin). c. 2800–2400 BC.