Tumulus culture
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The Tumulus culture was the dominant material culture in Central Europe during the Middle Bronze Age.
Tumulus culture
Women's attire from Schwarza, Germany, c. 1500 BC (reconstruction)
Gold hat and bronze axes from Schifferstadt, Germany, c. 1400-1300 BC.
Bronze Age dress, 15th century BC, Germany
Bronze Age Europe
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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