Definition: The Lengyel culture belongs to the European Copper Age, of about 4500-3500 BC, and was quite widespread throughout the Carpathians Mountains of Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria.

Related Resources:

Bronze Age Archaeology
The invention of metallurgy marks the onset of the Bronze Age in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East.

Elsewhere on the Web:

The Lengyel Cultural Sphere
From Maximilian Baldia's Comparative Archaeology site.

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