Acculturation and Culture Contact

Sociocultural Trends

Accumulation of Wealth

Classes

Lineages

Community Heads

Dependencies

Bibliographies in Sources

Reviews and Critiques

Material Not Relevant

Identification

Metallurgy

Chronologies and Culture Sequences

Ceramic Technology

External Trade

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Visual Arts

Alcoholic Beverages

Price and Value

Internal Trade

Slavery

External Relations

Settlement Patterns

Commercial Facilities

Territorial Hierarchy

Military Installations

Population

Cultural Participation

Miscellaneous Facilities

Burial Practices and Funerals

Special Burial Practices and Funerals

Eschatology

Topography and Geology

Fauna

Flora

Masonry

Dwellings

Building Interiors and Arrangement

Heating and Lighting Equipment

Visiting and Hospitality

Hunting and Trapping

Diet

Land Use

Lumbering

Human Effects on Environment

Location

Soil

Mineral Resources

Domesticated Animals

Pastoral Activities

Cereal Agriculture

Food Preparation

Production and Supply

Mourning

Innovation

Ethos

Normal Garb

Auxiliary Corps

Uniform and Accouterment

Instigation of War

Climate

Personal Grooming

Body Alterations

Mortality

Status, Role, and Prestige

History

Talent Mobility

Age Stratification

Gender Status

Mode of Marriage

Polygamy

Chief Executive

Traditional History

Historical Reconstruction

Miscellaneous Structures

Religious Denominations

Organized Ceremonial

Ornament

Animal Transport

Spirits and Gods

Nonferrous Metal Industries

Weapons

General Tools

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Priesthood

Homosexuality

Diagnostic Material Attributes

Architecture

Ownership and Control of Capital

Routes

Mythology

Linguistic Identification

Social Relationships and Groups

Tribe and Nation

Special Crops

Division of Labor by Gender

Occupational Specialization

TRADITION SUMMARY: EAST-CENTRAL EUROPEAN IRON AGE

ORIENTATION

ENVIRONMENT

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

CREDITS

ABSOLUTE TIME PERIOD

RELATIVE TIME PERIOD

LOCATION

DIAGNOSTIC MATERIAL ATTRIBUTES

REGIONAL SUBTRADITIONS

IMPORTANT SITES

CLIMATE

TOPOGRAPHY

GEOLOGY

BIOTA

SETTLEMENT SYSTEM

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION

HOUSING

POPULATION, HEALTH, AND DISEASE

SUBSISTENCE

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

DIFFERENTIAL ACCESS OR CONTROL OF RESOURCES

WILD FOODS

DOMESTIC FOODS

UTENSILS

ORNAMENTS

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

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The East-Central European Iron Age is found mainly in Romania, Bulgaria, and western Moldova dating from 2800-2000 BP or 800-1 BCE. Both open and defended settlements were present. In addition to farming wheat and barley and pastoralism, cash cropping began in this period in this area. Artwork often shows the elite hunting. Slaves and raw materials were traded for Greek and Persian luxury goods. Status changed from ascribed to achieved to ruling dynasties. Warfare was endemic with their mercenaries being both sought after and feared. The elite conducted war for the spoils and also gained prestige through trade. Both cremation and inhumation were practiced with thousands of mounds or barrows known.

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