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.
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Bronze Age Archaeology
The invention of metallurgy marks the onset of the Bronze Age in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East.
The Lengyel Cultural Sphere
From Maximilian Baldia's Comparative Archaeology site.
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