The Wietenberg culture was a Middle Bronze Age archeological culture in central Romania (Transylvania) that roughly dates to 2200–1600/1500 BCE. Representing a local variant of Usatove culture, it was contemporary with the Ottomány culture and Unetice culture and was replaced by the Noua culture. Its name was coined after the eponymic Wietenberg Hill near Sighișoara.
| Geographical range | Romania (Transylvania) |
|---|---|
| Period | Bronze Age |
| Dates | c. 2200 BC – 1500 BC |
| Preceded by | Coțofeni culture, Usatove culture |
| Followed by | Noua-Sabatinovka culture |
People of this culture traded with the Mycenaeans. Burial sites contain bronze battle axes and maces with stone heads. Pottery consists of amphorae with spiral and meandric ornament.
By 1964, about 200 settlements of this culture were discovered.
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Battle axes from Valea Chioarului, Maramureș County (National Museum of Transylvanian History in Cluj)
Gold bracelet (from pre-WWI book plate)
Gold bracelet from Biia, Alba County, c. 1600 BC (from pre-WWI book plate)[1]
Gold bracelet (Natural History Museum, Vienna)
Gold armring (Natural History Museum, Vienna)
Pottery, bone and bronze artefacts (National Museum of the Union, Alba Iulia)
Fragments of wall decorations from Geoagiu de Sus in the Apuseni Mountains (National Museum of the Union, Alba Iulia)
Mycenaean sword found at Dumbrăvioara and Wietenberg axes, one found at Valea Chioarului and one shown in its mold (National Museum of Transylvanian History in Cluj)
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