The Unstrut culture was part of the Bronze Age Urnfield culture, a homogeneous 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

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. ↑ Gimbutas, Marija (1965). Bronze Age cultures in Central and Eastern Europe. The Hague: Mouton & Co., Printers. p. 267. ISBN 9783111668147.
  3. ↑ Fokkens, Harry; Harding, Anthony (2013). The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age. Oxford University Press. p. 731. ISBN 9780199572861.


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