Western Baltic barrow culture

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The Western Baltic barrow culture was an Iron Age archaeological culture in the western Baltic region, characterized by barrow (tumuli) burials and associated with early Baltic tribes such as the Yotvingians.

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Western Baltic Barrow culture 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age culture
archaeological culture
associatedWith Old Prussians NERFINISHED
Western Balts NERFINISHED
Yotvingians NERFINISHED
early Baltic tribes
burialCustom cremation in barrows
inhumation in barrows
chronologicalPhase Early Iron Age
Pre-Roman Iron Age
culturalContinuityWith later Western Baltic cultures
culturalSphere Baltic cultural area NERFINISHED
ethnicAssociation Baltic peoples NERFINISHED
Old Prussians NERFINISHED
Yotvingians NERFINISHED
followedBy Western Baltic stone circle culture NERFINISHED
funeraryMonumentType barrow
tumuli
hasArchaeologicalFeature earthen barrows
grave goods in burials
stone constructions in barrows
hasCharacteristic barrow burials
tumuli burials
hasEvidenceType burial mounds
grave goods
settlement remains
languageFamilyAssociation Baltic languages
locatedIn Baltic Sea region NERFINISHED
western Baltic region
materialCulture bronze ornaments
iron tools
iron weapons
ornamented pottery
name Western Baltic barrow culture NERFINISHED
partOf Baltic Iron Age NERFINISHED
precededBy Bronze Age cultures of the western Baltic
region parts of western Lithuania
present-day Kaliningrad Oblast
present-day northeastern Poland
religionType pre-Christian pagan beliefs
studiedInDiscipline Baltic studies
archaeology
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
transition from Bronze Age to Iron Age

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Yotvingians archaeologicalCulture Western Baltic barrow culture
Bartians archaeologicalCulture Western Baltic barrow culture
this entity surface form: Western Baltic Barrow culture