A long-lived Late Bronze and Early Iron Age archaeological culture centered on the Oder and Vistula basins, known for large fortified settlements (Biskupin) and urnfield cremation cemeteries.
Declined and ended around 500 BCE, precipitated by a series of Scythian invasions from the east beginning in the 6th century BCE, which disrupted and eventually destroyed the culture across its range in modern Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, eastern Germany, and western Ukraine.
Covers the Lusatian culture in the broader context of Late Bronze Age central European societies and their urnfield traditions.
Specialist Open Library-verified study focusing specifically on Lusatian culture material evidence in Poland — the only direct Lusatian title confirmed in the Open Library catalog for this search.