Przeworsk culture

Prehistory and protohistory of Poland
Chronology
Stone Age Bronze and Iron Age Antiquity Early Middle Ages
Topics
Lusatian culture Biskupin Oksywie culture Wielbark culture Przeworsk culture Polish tribes
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Przeworsk culture from the period of Roman influence and artifacts found near Bielsko-Biała

Przeworsk burials pottery

2nd-century architecture in area now Poland (timber framing)

Przeworsk culture burials

Przeworsk culture pottery

Recreations of various bladed iron tools from around 250 BC, including a sickle

The Przeworsk culture (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpʂɛvɔrsk]) was an Iron Age material culture in the region of what is now Poland, that dates from the 3rd century BC to the 5th century AD.^[1] It takes its name from the town Przeworsk, near the village where the first artifacts were identified.

In its earliest form it was located in what is now central and southern Poland, in the upper Oder and Vistula basins. It later spread southwards, beyond the Carpathians, towards the headwaters of the Tisza river, and eastwards, past the Vistula, and towards the headwaters of the Dniester.

The earliest form of the culture was a northern extension of the Celtic La Tène material culture which influenced much of continental Europe in the Iron Age, but it was also influenced by other material cultures of the region, including the Jastorf culture to its west. To the east, the Przeworsk culture is associated with the Zarubintsy culture.