Editing Bronze Age (section)

=== Central Europe ===
[[File:Nebra disc 1.jpg|thumb|[[Nebra sky disc]] from the [[Aunjetitz culture]], present-day Germany (1800–1600&nbsp;BCE)]]
In Central Europe, the Early Bronze Age [[Unetice culture]] (2300–1600&nbsp;BCE) includes numerous smaller groups like the [[Straubing]], [[Adlerberg]] and [[Hatvan]] cultures. Some very rich burials, such as the one located at [[Leubingen]] with grave gifts crafted from gold, point to an increase of social stratification already present in the [[Unetice culture]]. Cemeteries of this period are small and rare. The Unetice culture was followed by the Middle Bronze Age (1600–1200&nbsp;BCE) [[tumulus culture]], characterised by inhumation burials in [[tumuli]] barrows. In the eastern Hungarian [[Körös]] tributaries, the early Bronze Age first saw the introduction of the [[Mako culture]], followed by the [[Otomani culture|Otomani]] and Gyulavarsand cultures.

The late Bronze Age [[Urnfield]] culture (1300–700&nbsp;BCE) was characterised by cremation burials. It included the [[Lusatian culture]] in eastern Germany and Poland (1300–500&nbsp;BCE) that continues into the Iron Age. The Central European Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age [[Hallstatt culture]] (700–450&nbsp;BCE). Important sites include [[Biskupin]] in Poland, [[Nebra (Unstrut)|Nebra]] in Germany, [[Vráble]] in Slovakia, and Zug-Sumpf in Switzerland.

German prehistorian [[Paul Reinecke]] described Bronze A1 (Bz A1) period (2300–2000&nbsp;BCE: triangular daggers, flat axes, stone wrist-guards, flint arrowheads) and Bronze A2 (Bz A2) period (1950–1700&nbsp;BCE: daggers with metal hilt, flanged axes, halberds, pins with perforated spherical heads, solid bracelets) and phases Hallstatt A and B (Ha A and B).