Cetina culture

Cetina culture
Geographical rangeWest Balkans, Dalmatian coast
PeriodBronze Age Europe
Datesc. 2300 BCE – 1600 BCE
Major sitesCetina Valley
Preceded byVučedol culture, Bell Beaker culture
Followed byMiddle Helladic Greece, Castellieri culture, Glasinac-Mati culture

The Cetina culture is the name for the culture of the inhabitants of the Middle Dalmatian coast, and especially its hinterland, during the early Bronze Age (c. 1900-1600 BC), or, according to Paul Reineck's chronology (c. 2200–1500 BC).[1] It is named after the numerous sites along the Cetina river in Central Dalmatia and Herzegovina. People of this culture were present in caves (Škarin Samograd near Drniš, Gudnja near Ston, Ravlić cave in Drinovci) or in open settlements (Gradac in Kotorac and Krstina near Posušje). The graves are in rocky colonies. In the case of inhumation, they have the shape of a stone chest, while incinerated remains of the deceased are laid in clay pots.

Heyd (2013) describes the early Cetina culture as a "syncretistic Bell Beaker culture", splitting off from the dissolving variant of the Vučedol complex, and at the same time incorporating elements of the Bell Beaker phenomenon.[2]

  1. ^ Harding, A. F. (2000). European Societies in the Bronze Age (PDF). Cambridge world archaeology. pp. 14–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2015.
  2. ^ Heyd, Volker (2013). "Chapter 3. Europe 2500 to 2200 BC: Between expiring ideologies and emerging complexity". The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age. Oxford University Press. pp. 47–67. ISBN 9780199572861.

Cetina culture

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