Monteoru culture

Monteoru culture
Geographical range	Romania, Moldova
Period	Bronze Age
Dates	c. 2000 BC - 14th century BC
Preceded by	Glina-Schneckenberg culture
Followed by	Noua-Sabatinovka 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 culture, and was contemporary with the related Tei culture.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

According to Anthony (2007), chariotry spread westwards to the Monteoru culture from the Multi-cordoned ware culture.^[5]

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Gold jewellery, c. 1600-1400 BC
Chariot model, Arkaim museum

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^ Boardman, John; Edwards, I.E.S; Hammond, N.G.L; Sollberger, E., eds. (1982). "1. The Prehistory of Romania, VII. The Bronze Age". The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 3, Part 1 (Second ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 54–56. ISBN 978-0521224963. The Monteoru culture derived from the early Glina-Schneckenberg and included some elements that had persisted from the transitional period ... The last stage of the Monteoru culture (Balintesti-Girbovat, in south-eastern Moldova), which is missing at the eponymous site, forms the transition to the Noua culture of the Late Bronze Age.
^ Boroffka, Nikolaus (2013). "Chapter 47: Romania, Moldova, and Bulgaria". In Harding, Anthony; Fokkens, Harry (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age. OUP Oxford. p. 889. ISBN 978-0-19-957286-1. While the Noua ceramic repertoire does not have precursors in Transylvania and may indeed be intrusive there, most pottery shapes (and ornaments) can be derived from the preceding Monteoru culture of western Moldavia.
^ "Monteoru". archaeologs.
^ Gimbutas, Marija (1965). Bronze Age Cultures in Central and Eastern Europe. De Gruyter. p. 219. ISBN 9783111668147. The term Monteoru I shall use in its broadest sense, that is, as a name of a culture covering all phases of the Bronze Age and all its variants. Hence, the Early Bronze Age group such as the Schneckenberg around Brasov in eastern Transylvania, or the Late Bronze Age Noua culture will be treated as parts of Monteoru.
^ Anthony, David (2007). The Horse, the Wheel, and Language. Princeton University Press. p. 411. ISBN 978-0-691-14818-2. Chariotry spread west through the Ukrainian steppe MVK [Mnogovalikovaya] culture into southeastern Europe's Monteoru (phase Icl-Ib), Vatin, and Otomani cultures

[1] Boardman, John; Edwards, I.E.S; Hammond, N.G.L; Sollberger, E., eds. (1982). "1. The Prehistory of Romania, VII. The Bronze Age". The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 3, Part 1 (Second ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 54–56. ISBN 978-0521224963. The Monteoru culture derived from the early Glina-Schneckenberg and included some elements that had persisted from the transitional period ... The last stage of the Monteoru culture (Balintesti-Girbovat, in south-eastern Moldova), which is missing at the eponymous site, forms the transition to the Noua culture of the Late Bronze Age.

[2] Boroffka, Nikolaus (2013). "Chapter 47: Romania, Moldova, and Bulgaria". In Harding, Anthony; Fokkens, Harry (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age. OUP Oxford. p. 889. ISBN 978-0-19-957286-1. While the Noua ceramic repertoire does not have precursors in Transylvania and may indeed be intrusive there, most pottery shapes (and ornaments) can be derived from the preceding Monteoru culture of western Moldavia.

[3] "Monteoru". archaeologs.

[4] Gimbutas, Marija (1965). Bronze Age Cultures in Central and Eastern Europe. De Gruyter. p. 219. ISBN 9783111668147. The term Monteoru I shall use in its broadest sense, that is, as a name of a culture covering all phases of the Bronze Age and all its variants. Hence, the Early Bronze Age group such as the Schneckenberg around Brasov in eastern Transylvania, or the Late Bronze Age Noua culture will be treated as parts of Monteoru.

[5] Anthony, David (2007). The Horse, the Wheel, and Language. Princeton University Press. p. 411. ISBN 978-0-691-14818-2. Chariotry spread west through the Ukrainian steppe MVK [Mnogovalikovaya] culture into southeastern Europe's Monteoru (phase Icl-Ib), Vatin, and Otomani cultures

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