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Tradition Summary: East-Central European Iron Age

Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2025 • Pages:

By: Taylor, Timothy.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This is a summary of the East-Central European Iron Age. Information is presented on major aspects of the East-Central European Iron Age archaeological tradition.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Identification

Culture summary

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

East-Central European Iron Age

RegionThe area the document pertains to

Europe

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Southeastern Europe

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

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Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Archaeologist

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

4: Excellent Secondary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Sarah Berry; 2023

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

Not Applicable

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

2800 – 2050 BP

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

East-Central Europe

NotesAdditional notes

Timothy Taylor

This tradition summary is based on the article “EAST-CENTRAL EUROPEAN IRON AGE,” by Timothy Taylor in the [i]Encyclopedia of Prehistory[/i], Volume 4, [i]Europe[/i], Peter N. Peregrine and Melvin Ember, eds. New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2001. Sarah Berry revised or expanded Location, Important Sites, Climate, Topography, Geology, Biota, Utensils, Ornaments, and Death and Afterlife sections in 2024. We thank Peter N. Peregrine for bibliographic suggestions.

Includes bibliographical references.

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

East-Central European Iron Age