Archaeological culture · c. 2300–1600 BCE
Únětice culture
The Únětice culture marks the start of the Bronze Age in central Europe, in what is now the Czech Republic, central Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Austria. Its chiefs were buried in rich 'princely' graves such as the one at Leubingen.
The Nebra sky disc, the oldest known concrete picture of the sky, was made and buried in its territory.
See Únětice culture on the map in 2300 BCE
- On the map
- 2300–1600 BCE
How we know
No writing existed; hoards, graves and settlements are dated by radiocarbon and tree rings.
Sites
- Nebra sky disc find site (Mittelberg) disc buried c. 1600 BCE