Unstrut culture
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The Unstrut culture was part of the Bronze Age Urnfield culture, a homogenous society noted for their biconical funerary urns used in storing the ashes of the deceased.[1] The Unstrut (stone packing graves) group settled in Germany,[1] particularly in the central region where the Saale mouth (stone cists) group also lived.[2][1] These two groups, along with the Helmsdorf or Elb-Havel group formed on the western edge of the Lausitz culture.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b c Coles, J. M.; Harding, A. F. (2014). The Bronze Age in Europe: An Introduction to the Prehistory of Europe c.2000-700 B.C. Routledge. p. 339. ISBN 9781317606000.
- ^ Gimbutas, Marija (1965). Bronze Age cultures in Central and Eastern Europe. The Hague: Mouton & Co., Printers. p. 267. ISBN 9783111668147.
- ^ Fokkens, Harry; Harding, Anthony (2013). The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age. Oxford University Press. p. 731. ISBN 9780199572861.
Categories:
- Urnfield culture
- Archaeological cultures of Central Europe
- Bronze Age cultures of Europe
- Archaeological cultures in Germany
- History of Thuringia
- European history stubs