Editing Bronze Age (section)

=== Northern Europe ===
{{Main|Nordic Bronze Age}}
[[File:Solvognen-00100.jpg|thumb|[[Trundholm sun chariot]], Denmark, {{circa|1500&nbsp;BC|lk=no}}E]]
The Bronze Age in Northern Europe spans the 2nd millennium&nbsp;BCE, ([[Unetice culture]], [[Urnfield culture]], [[Tumulus culture]], [[Terramare culture]] and [[Lusatian culture]]) lasting until {{circa|600&nbsp;BC|lk=no}}E. The [[Northern Bronze Age]] was both a period and a Bronze Age culture in Scandinavian pre-history, {{circa|1700–500&nbsp;BC|lk=no}}E, with sites as far east as Estonia. Succeeding the Late Neolithic culture, its ethnic and linguistic affinities are unknown in the absence of written sources. It was followed by the [[Pre-Roman Iron Age]].

Even though Northern European Bronze Age cultures came relatively late, and came into existence via trade, sites present rich and well-preserved objects made of wool, wood and imported Central European bronze and gold. Many rock carvings depict ships, and the large stone burial monuments known as stone ships suggest that shipping played an important role. Thousands of rock carvings depict ships, most probably representing sewn plank-built canoes for warfare, fishing, and trade. These may have a history as far back as the neolithic period and continue into the Pre-Roman Iron Age, as shown by the [[Hjortspring boat]]. There are many mounds and rock carving sites from the period. Numerous artefacts of bronze and gold are found. No written language existed in the Nordic countries during the Bronze Age. The rock carvings have been dated through comparison with depicted artefacts.
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