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Urnfield Culture

1300 BC – 800 BC
CultureEurope

A widespread Late Bronze Age cultural complex across central Europe defined by the practice of cremation burial in flat urnfields, considered a likely ancestor of later Celtic-speaking peoples.

Transitioned into the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture around 800 BCE, with the Hallstatt C and D phases (800–450 BCE) representing the succeeding Celtic Iron Age culture across central Europe.

Borders in 1150 BC · drawn from 2 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Urnfield Culture — the shape you scrub through changes in 1300 BC · 1150 BC.

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