The Tei 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 southern

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and northern

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, dating from c. 2000 BC to the 14th century BC. It was preceded by the

Glina-Schneckenberg culture The Glina-Schneckenberg culture was an Early Bronze Age archaeological culture located in Romania, dating from c. 2600 BC to 2000 BC. It was preceded by the Coțofeni culture and succeeded by the Monteoru culture and Tei culture. See also * He ...

and succeeded by the Noua-Coslogeni culture, and was contemporary with the related

Monteoru culture The Monteoru culture was a Bronze Age archaeological culture located in Romania and Moldova, 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 cul ...

. A hoard consisting of eleven gold daggers, a gold 'sword-dagger', and four silver battle-axes was found in Perșinari, within the Tei cultural area, dating from the 17th to 16th centuries BC. Two similar gold daggers (or halberds) were also found nearby at

Măcin Măcin () is a town in Tulcea County, in the Northern Dobruja region of Romania. Location Măcin is located in the north-western part of the Northern Dobruja region, in Tulcea County. The city is located at the intersection of the DN22 ( E87) ...

, along with a pair of gold bracelets similar to bracelets from the

Únětice 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 European Bronze Age, Bronze Age, dated roughly to about 23 ...

. The daggers (or halberds) and sword-dagger are related in shape to contemporary specimens from Mycenaean Greece. Gold and silver weapons are also known from other parts of Europe in the same period, such as a gold axe from Tufalau (Romania) belonging to the

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 ...

, a gold axe from Dieskau (Germany) belonging to the

, a gold dagger from Inowrocław (Poland) belonging to the Iwno culture, and a gold dagger and silver axe from Mala Gruda (Montenegro) belonging to the Cetina culture or late

Vučedol culture The Vučedol culture ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Vučedolska kultura, Вучедолска култура) flourished between 3000 and 2200 BCE (the Eneolithic period of earliest copper-smithing), centered in Syrmia and eastern Slavonia on the right bank of ...

Gallery

File:Età del bronzo, punta di lancia o pugnale d'oro, XVII sec. ac. 05.JPG, Gold sword-dagger from Perșinari File:Età del bronzo, punta di lancia o pugnale d'oro, XVII sec. ac. 02.JPG, Gold dagger from Perșinari File:Età del bronzo, punta di lancia o pugnale d'oro, XVII sec. ac. 00.JPG, Gold daggers from Perșinari File:Età del bronzo, punta di pugnale d'oro, da macin, XVII-XVI sec. ac..JPG, Gold daggers or halberds from Măcin

References

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