Przeworsk culture

Dark green - Nordic group dark red - Jastorf Culture yellow ocher - Harpstedt - Nienburger group orange - Celtic groups green - Przeworsk culture bright green - House Urn Culture pale red - Ostbaltische forest zone cultures violet - West Baltic Tumulus Culture turquoise - Zarubincy culture black - Estonian group bright red - Gubener group of Jastorf Culture brown - Oksywie culture light brown - getic and Thracian groups Yellow - Poieneşti - Lukaševka culture (of Przeworsk and Jastorf - culture influences )

Ceramic with meanders

Przeworsk culture (older names: Oder- Warta Group for the early stages of the Przeworsk culture or - simplistically - Wanda Metallic culture) is the name of an Iron Age archaeological culture on the territory of present-day Poland between Warta / networks, Or, bow and Carpathian arc. Named the culture is named after a cremation cemetery at Przeworsk in the Province Podkarpackie. Bearers of this culture were probably known from historical sources East Germanic tribes such as the Vandals, Burgundians and Lugier. This culture existed from about the end of the 3rd century BC to the middle of the 5th century AD At the same time, at the beginning of the 1st century spread to the east of the Vistula river basin the Wielbark culture.

The interpretation of the findings is quite clearly in a new perspective, and because they are closely linked to the culture of the Rhine Basin everything should be connected together for this phase.

Formation

The Przeworsk culture emerged from the face-pot culture with strong influences of Celtic La Tène culture. Thus the custom of adding weapons was taken as an expression of an emerging Kriegertums in tombs of the Celts. From here, this custom as well as other Latèneeinflüsse arrived later in the southern area of ​​Jastorf Culture and in the Oksywie culture. The equipment of the women's graves with jewelery and costume components is common in the Przeworsk culture.

Features

Characteristic findings are first molded by hand, later disc- turned pottery vessels that were decorated with meanders. Even faceted vessel edges show the spreading area of Przeworskkultur especially to the west. The settlements usually were located in river valleys, and consisted of rows of houses around a central square or arranged groups of buildings.

Spread of culture

Influences the Przeworsk culture can be found in the in- Lausitz Gubener group and in the Poieneşti - Lukaševka culture on the territory of modern Moldova. Przeworsk settlements alongside and ceramic finds in local sites are to be taken in the 2nd century BC in the area around Elbgermanischen Middle Elbe and Saale significantly. To a lesser extent Przeworsk finds are also noticeable to the more Celtic Wetterau in the 1st century BC, which is interpreted as the settlement of immigrants from eastern populations. Mobility of individuals or small groups, however, indicate sporadic finds of Przeworsk ceramic in the large Celtic settlement as Manching and Stare Hradisko.