Urnfield culture

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/urnfield-culture

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1. What is the chronological placement?Late Bronze Age, approximately 1300 BC to 750 BC
2. What is the settlement patterns?Prevalence of fortified hilltop settlements, indicating increased social organization and defensive strategies
3. Why did people in the Urnfield culture put ashes in urns?They used cremation and put ashes in ceramic urns as a special way to remember their dead, different from earlier burial styles.
4. How did the Urnfield culture make bronze weapons and shields?They were skilled at working with bronze, especially sheet bronze, which let them make big items like shields and tools.

Tumulus Culture: A preceding Bronze Age culture in Central Europe known for its burial mounds (tumuli).