Mierzanowice culture

Mierzanowice culture
Geographical rangeEast-Central Europe
PeriodBronze Age Europe
Datesc. 2350–1600 BC
Preceded byCorded Ware culture, Bell Beaker culture
Followed byTrzciniec culture

The Mierzanowice culture appeared in the area of the upper and middle basin of the Vistula, during the Early Bronze Age. It evolved from the so-called Proto-Mierzanowice cultural unit. The name of the culture comes from an eponymous site in Mierzanowice, where the cemetery was located. This entity was part of the pre-carpathian sphere epicorded cultures and it has been divided into three local groups: Samborzecka, Iwanowicka and Pleszowska.[1] The initial phases of the culture are characterized by a small number of burials, seasonal settlements and single artifacts. The area of the Mierzanowice culture spread over from western Slovakia, through south - eastern Poland, reaching in the east the areas of the Volhynian Upland.[2] It was followed by the Trzciniec culture.

  1. ^ "Kultura mierzanowicka". Archived from the original on 15 January 2012.
  2. ^ Kaczanowski and Kozłowski, p. 142.

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