Tumulus period (Bronze Age period and culture)

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Getty AAT: Styles, periods, and cultures by region

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Early Western World > <ancient European styles and periods> > <European Bronze Age styles and periods>

Descripción

Refers to a Bronze Age period and culture evident in Europe from around 1600 BCE. It is characterized by jewelry, particularly distinctive pins with decorated heads, networks of trade, including trade in amber, and characteristic barrows or tumuli, which generally covered inhumation or cremation burials.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300019360

Otros términos

  • grafheuvel periode [nl]
  • Periodos de los túmulos [es]
  • Tumulus culture [en]