The Monteoru culture was a
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second prin ...
archaeological culture located in
Romania
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and
Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistr ...
, dating from c. 2000 BC to the 14th century BC. It was derived from the preceding
Glina-Schneckenberg culture and succeeded by the
Noua-Sabatinovka culture, and was contemporary with the related
Tei culture.
According to Anthony (2007),
chariotry spread westwards to the Monteoru culture from the
Multi-cordoned ware culture
Multi-cordoned Ware culture or Multiroller ceramics culture, translations of the russian: Культура многоваликовой керамики, ''Kul'tura mnogovalikovoj keramiki'' (KMK), also known as the Multiple-relief-band ware cult ...
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Gallery
File:Età del bronzo, parure da sarata monteoru, xvi-xiv sec. ac..JPG, Gold jewellery, c. 1600-1400 BC
See also
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Prehistory of Transylvania
The Prehistory of Transylvania describes what can be learned about the region known as Transylvania through archaeology, anthropology, comparative linguistics and other allied sciences.
Transylvania proper is a plateau or tableland in northwe ...
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Tei culture
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Ottomany culture
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Wietenberg culture
The Wietenberg culture was a Middle Bronze Age archeological culture in Central Transylvania that roughly dates to 2200–1600/1500 BCE. Represented a local variant of Usatove culture, was contemporary with the Ottomány culture and Unetice cult ...
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Vatya Culture
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Unetice culture
The Únětice culture or Aunjetitz culture ( cs, Únětická kultura, german: Aunjetitzer Kultur, pl, Kultura unietycka) is an archaeological culture at the start of the Central European Bronze Age, dated roughly to about 2300–1600BC. The epon ...
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Multi-cordoned ware culture
Multi-cordoned Ware culture or Multiroller ceramics culture, translations of the russian: Культура многоваликовой керамики, ''Kul'tura mnogovalikovoj keramiki'' (KMK), also known as the Multiple-relief-band ware cult ...
References
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Archaeological cultures of Eastern Europe
Bronze Age cultures of Europe
Archaeological cultures in Romania
Archaeological cultures in Moldova