Lausitz

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A northeasterly group of the European Urnfield cultures, occurring in East Germany, Poland, and parts of Czechoslovakia, which emerged c 1500 BC and survived well into the Iron Age c 300 BC. Fortified settlements occur, seen in the well-preserved site at Biskupin. The dead were cremated and placed in urns and buried either in urnfields or under barrows. The good-quality pottery was often decorated with graphite painted designs and plastic ornament. The bronze industry, of general Urnfield type, flourished; iron was introduced from the Hallstatt Iron Age culture from the later 7th century BC. Historic Lusatia was centered on the Neisse and upper Spree rivers, in what is now eastern Germany, between the present-day cities of Cottbus (north) and Dresden (south).

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The Lausitz or Lusatian culture represents the northeasterly group of the European Urnfield cultures, occurring in East Germany, Poland and parts of Czechoslovakia. It emerged cl500 bc and survived well into the Iron Age, till c300 bc. Fortified settlements occur, such as the exceptionally well-preserved site at Biskupin. The dead were cremated and placed in urns and buried either in flat cemeteries (umfields) or under barrows. The pottery was of good quality and was often decorated with graphite painted designs and plastic ornament. The bronze industry, of general Umfield type, flourished; iron was introduced from the Hallstatt Iron Age culture from the later 7th century bc.

The Macmillan dictionary of archaeology, Ruth D. Whitehouse, 1983Copied

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