Púchov culture

The Púchov Culture (also called Púchov culture) is an Iron Age archaeological culture, which is named after the site in Púchov Skalka in Slovakia. Cardinal distribution area was the North and Central Slovakia between the 2nd and 1st century BC with influences of the surrounding regions. Some consider the bearers of this culture for the Celtic Cotini. More likely, however, is that this is Marcomanni or Quadi.

The Púchov culture developed out of the Suebian Lusatian culture was later influenced by the Illyrians and the beginning of the Christian era of the Dacians. Settlements were laid out on rolling hills near the river. The largest known religious, economic and political center of Púchov Culture is the hill fort of Havránok, which was known by the remains of human sacrifices. Through the expansion of the Dacian and Germanic tribes, the Púchov culture was displaced and assimilated.