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| ↑ Neolithic |
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Near East (3300-1200 BCE) China (3100-700 BCE) South Asia (3000-1200 BCE) Pontic-Caspian steppe (5500-1200 BCE)
Korea (800-400 BCE) |
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Copper Age, Bronze, Arsenical bronze, Writing, Literature, Sword, Axe, Chariot, Boat, Gold hat, Collapse |
| ↓Iron age |
The Tumulus culture dominated Central Europe during the
It was the descendant of the Unetice culture. Its heartland the area previously occupied by the Unetice culture besides Bavaria and Württemberg. It was succeeded by the Late Bronze Age Urnfield culture.
As the name implies, the Tumulus culture is distinguished by the practice of burying the dead beneath burial mounds (tumuli).
See also
References
- Nora Kershaw Chadwick, J. X. W. P. Corcoran, The Celts (1970), p. 27.[1]
- Barbara Ann Kipfer, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology (2000)
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