European Bronze Age

Diffusion of metallurgy in Europe.

Generalized distribution of the Beaker culture in the Early Bronze Age.

A simplified map of archaeological cultures of the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1500-1400 BCE). Blue : Apennine culture, Yellow : Terramare culture, Brown : Tumulus culture, Red : Atlantic Bronze Age, Green : Nordic Bronze Age, Apple green : Cultures of Unetice tradition, Gray : Balkan cultures.

Europe in the Late Bronze Age.

The European Bronze Age is characterized by bronze artifacts and the use of bronze implements. The regional Bronze Age succeeds the Neolithic. It starts with the Aegean Bronze Age in 3200 BCE (succeeded by the Beaker culture), and spans the entire 2nd millennium BCE (Unetice culture, Tumulus culture, Terramare culture, Urnfield culture and Lusatian culture) in Northern Europe, lasting until c. 600 BCE.

The Aegean Bronze Age begins around 3200 BCE when civilizations first established a far-ranging trade network. This network imported tin and charcoal to Cyprus, where copper was mined and alloyed with the tin to produce bronze. Bronze objects were then exported far and wide, and supported the trade. Isotopic analysis of the tin in some Mediterranean bronze objects indicates it came from as far away as Great Britain.

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