Straubing culture
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The Straubing culture (or Straubingen culture) is the name for a Bronze Age culture which spread primarily in the territory of modern-day Lower Bavaria and Upper Austria between the 22nd to 16th centuries BC.
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Alternative names | Straubingen culture |
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Geographical range | Southern Germany |
Period | Bronze Age |
Dates | c. 2150 — 1700/1500 BC |
Preceded by | Bell Beaker culture |
Followed by | Tumulus culture |
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The Straubingen culture was part of the Northern Alpine EBA, which is classified as the western-most part of the Danubian EBA which was extended from the Rhine Valley in the west to Upper Austria in the East.[1] It was recognized as an autonomous culture by Karl Schumacher in 1917.