Únětice culture
Bronze Age archaeological culture in Central Europe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Únětice culture, Aunjetitz culture or Unetician culture (Czech: Únětická kultura, German: Aunjetitzer Kultur, Polish: Kultura unietycka, Slovak: Únětická kultúra) is an archaeological culture at the start of the Central European Bronze Age, dated roughly to about 2300–1600 BC.[1] The eponymous site for this culture, the village of Únětice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈuːɲɛcɪtsɛ]), is located in the central Czech Republic, northwest of Prague. There are about 1,400 documented Únětice culture sites in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, 550 sites in Poland, and, in Germany, about 500 sites and loose finds locations.[2] The Únětice culture is also known from north-eastern Austria (in association with the so-called Böheimkirchen group), and from western Ukraine.
Geographical range | Europe |
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Period | Early Bronze Age |
Dates | c. 2300–1600 BC[1] |
Type site | Únětice |
Preceded by | Bell Beaker culture, Corded Ware culture |
Followed by | Tumulus culture, Nordic Bronze Age, Mad'arovce culture, Trzciniec culture |