The Wietenberg culture was a Middle Bronze Age archeological culture in central Romania (Transylvania) that roughly dates to 2200–1600/1500 BCE. Representing a local variant of Usatove culture, it was contemporary with the Ottomány culture and Unetice culture and was replaced by the Noua culture. Its name was coined after the eponymic Wietenberg Hill near Sighișoara.
People of this culture traded with the Mycenaeans. Burial sites contain bronze battle axes and maces with stone heads. Pottery consists of amphorae with spiral and meandric ornament.
By 1964, about 200 settlements of this culture were discovered.
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See also Bronze Age in Romania Maros culture Ottomány culture Monteoru culture Tei culture Vatya culture Basarabi culture Coțofeni culture Pecica culture Prehistory of Transylvania Prehistoric Romania Prehistoric Europe Bronze Age Europe Rotbav Archaeological Site
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References Wietenberg ohne Mykene. Gedanken zu Herkunft und Bedeutung der Keramikverzierung der Wietenberg-Kultur von Laura Dietrich und Oliver Dietrich, Berlin (2011)
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Golden axe of Tufalau Бронзовый век Wietenberg pottery Wietenberg culture periodization and chronology Wietenberg hearth plate from Sighisoara-Wietenberg