Trzciniec culture

Trzciniec culture
Geographical rangecentral and eastern Poland, western Ukraine, western Belarus
PeriodBronze Age Europe
Datesca. 2400–1300 BC
Preceded byMierzanowice culture, Únětice culture, Iwno culture, Comb Ceramic culture, Multi-cordoned ware culture
Followed byLusatian culture, Urnfield culture

The Trzciniec culture is an Early and Middle Bronze Age (2400-1300 BC) archaeological culture in Central-Eastern Europe, mainly Poland and parts of Lithuania. The material culture similarity and overall chronological contemporaneity with Komariv (Ukraine) and Sośnica (Belarus) cultures resulted in the definition of the Trzciniec-Komarów-Sośnica complex[1] or, more recently, the Trzciniec Cultural Circle.[2] In Poland, the archaeological sites of the Trzciniec culture are found in Central, Southern, and Eastern Poland (Kuyavia, Lesser Poland, Mazovia, Podlachia, and Lublin Upland).

  1. ^ Jan Dąbrowski (1975), "Trzciniec-Komarów-Sosnica (A culture cycle from the Early and Middle Bronze Age)", Archaeologia Polona, 16: 39–69
  2. ^ Przemysław Makarowicz (2010), Trzciniecki krąg kulturowy – wspólnota pogranicza Wschodu i Zachodu Europy (in Polish), Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie