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Definition:
Early Bronze Age to Early Iron Age "urnfield" culture of Bohemia; identified by cremation cemeteries dated between 1300-900 BC; and suggested by some as ancestral to Celtic peoples. The type site is near Slaný in the Czech Republic.
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• Celtic culture
The invention of metallurgy marks the onset of the Bronze Age in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East.
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