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The Nordic Bronze Age (also Northern Bronze Age, or Scandinavian Bronze Age) is a period of Scandinavian prehistory from c. 2000/1750–500 BC.

The Nordic Bronze Age culture emerged about 1750 BC as a continuation of the

Unetice culture, since they brought customs that were derived from Unetice or from local interpretations of the Unetice culture located in North Western Germany.[4] The metallurgical influences from Central Europe are especially noticeable.[5][6] The Bronze Age in Scandinavia can be said to begin shortly after 2000 BC with the introduction and use of bronze tools, followed by a more systematic adoption of bronze metalworking technology from 1750 BC.[7][8][9]

The Nordic Bronze Age maintained close trade links with

cultural sphere.[15][16]

The people of the Nordic Bronze Age were actively engaged in the export of amber, and imported metals in return, becoming expert metalworkers. With respect to the number and density of metal deposits, the Nordic Bronze Age became the richest culture in Europe during its existence.[17][18][19]

Iron metallurgy began to be practised in Scandinavia during the later Bronze Age, from at least the 9th century BC.

Pre-Roman Iron Age and the Jastorf culture. The Nordic Bronze Age is often considered ancestral to the Germanic peoples.[21]

History

Origins

The Nordic Bronze Age is a successor of the

Unetice culture.[24][25][26]

Chronology

Oscar Montelius, who coined the term used for the period, divided it into six distinct sub-periods in his piece Om tidsbestämning inom bronsåldern med särskilt avseende på Skandinavien ("On Bronze Age dating with particular focus on Scandinavia") published in 1885, which is still in wide use. His relative chronology has held up well against radiocarbon dating, with the exception that the period's start is closer to 1700 BC than 1800 BC, as Montelius suggested. For Central Europe a different system developed by Paul Reinecke is commonly used, as each area has its own artifact types and archaeological periods.

A broader subdivision is the Early Bronze Age, between 1700 BC and 1100 BC, and the Late Bronze Age, 1100 BC to 550 BC. These divisions and periods are followed by the

Pre-Roman Iron Age
.

Culture

Settlements

Settlement in the Nordic Bronze Age period consisted mainly of single farmsteads, which usually consisted of a longhouse plus additional four-post built structures (helms). Longhouses were initially two aisled, and after c. 1300 BC three aisled structure became normal. Some longhouses were exceptionally large (up to about 500 m2 in area),[27] and have been described as "chiefly halls",[28] "the sitting area of which is the size of a megaron in contemporary Mycenean palaces".[27][29] Larger settlements are also known (such as Hallunda and Apalle in Sweden and Voldtofte in Denmark), as well as fortified sites, specialist workshops for metalwork and ceramic production, and dedicated cult houses.[30][31][32][33] Settlements were geographically located on higher ground, and tended to be concentrated near the sea.[34] Certain settlements functioned as regional centres of power, trade, craft production, and ritual activity.[35][36][37] The Bronze Age fortified town of Hünenburg bei Watenstedt in northern Germany (12th c. BC) has been described as a trading post for people from Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea region, as well as a cult centre and seat of a ruling elite.[38][39]

Burials

Kivik 'King's Grave', Sweden, c. 1400 BC

Associated with Nordic Bronze Age settlements are burial cairns, mounds and cemeteries, with interments including oak coffins and urn burials; other settlement associations include rock carvings, or bronze hoards in wetland sites.[34] Some burial mounds are especially large and, with respect to the amount of gold and bronze in them, extraordinarily rich for this time period. Examples of prominent burial mounds include the Håga mound and Kivik King's Grave in Sweden, and the Lusehøj in Denmark.[40] A minimum of 50,000 burial mounds were constructed between 1500 and 1150 BC in Denmark alone.[41]

Oak coffin burials dating from the 14th–13th centuries BC contained well-preserved mummified bodies, along with their clothing and burial goods. The bodies were intentionally mummified by watering the burial mounds to create a bog-like, oxygen-free environment within the graves.[27][42][43] This practice may have been stimulated by cultural influence from Egypt, as it coincided with the appearance of Egyptian artefacts in Scandinavia and the appearance of Baltic amber in Egypt (e.g. in the tomb of Tutankhamun).[43][44] However, intentional mummification within oak coffin burials has also been noted in Britain at an earlier date (c. 2300 BC).[45][46]

The Late Bronze Age King's Grave of Seddin in northern Germany (9th century BC) has been described as a "Homeric burial" due to its close similarity to contemporary elite burials in Greece and Italy.[47][48]

Agriculture

In the Nordic Bronze Age, both agriculture (including cultivation of wheat, millet, and barley) and animal husbandry (keeping of domesticated animals such as cattle, sheep and pigs) were practiced. Fishing and hunting were also sources of food, which included shellfish, deer, elk, and other wild animals. There is evidence that oxen were used as draught animals; domesticated dogs were common, but horses were rarer and probably status symbols.[34]

Metalwork

Scandinavian Bronze Age sites present a rich and well-preserved legacy of

Trundholm Sun Chariot and the Langstrup belt plate.[49][50]
The archaeological legacy also encompasses locally crafted wool and wooden objects.

During the 15th and 14th centuries BC, southern Scandinavia produced and deposited more elaborate bronzes in graves and hoards than any other region of Europe.[17] As regards the number and density of metal deposits, the Nordic Bronze Age became the richest culture in Europe.[18] More Bronze Age swords have also been found in Denmark than anywhere else in Europe.[18] Uniform crucibles found at metal workshop sites further indicate the mass production of certain metal artefacts.[32]

Rock carvings

The west coast of

rock carvings in Scandinavia; and Scandinavia has the largest number of Bronze Age rock carvings in Europe. The west coast of Sweden is home to around 1,500 recorded rock engraving sites, with more being discovered every year. When the rock carvings were made, the area was the coastline; but it is now 25 meters above sea level. The engravings in the region depict everyday life, weapons, human figures, fishing nets, ships, chariots, plows, the sun, deer, bulls, horses, and birds. By far, the most dominant theme is human figures and ships, especially ships — 10,000 of which have recorded. The typical ship depicts a crew of six to thirteen. Rock carvings in the late Bronze Age, and even the early Iron Age, often depict conflict, power, and mobility.[51]

Warrior ethos

The culture of the Nordic Bronze Age was that of a warrior culture, with a strong emphasis on weapons and status.[52] Helle Vandkilde of Aarhus University, in her publications from 1995, describes most men of the period as having followed a warrior ethos.[53] More than 70% of burials dating to the Nordic Bronze Age contain metal objects of various kinds, the most common objects being swords and daggers.[54] It is noted that the people of the Nordic Bronze Age also placed great importance on helmets of intricate design, which they put much effort into making. However, not all of the weapons and armour of the Nordic Bronze Age were used for warfare. Some of them are believed to have been ceremonial, especially the helmets.

Despite the importance of weapons in their society, archaeological discoveries suggest that intrasocietal violence was not particularly common in the Nordic Bronze Age, especially not when compared to contemporary European Bronze Age cultures.[55] The people of the Nordic Bronze Age seem to instead have been directing their military efforts outwards, likely against people of neighbouring cultures, and are believed to have participated in battles along the Amber Road and other trade routes that were important for the continuous prosperity of their society.

Many of the stone carvings from the Nordic Bronze Age depict boats in great numbers as well as groups of armed men manning the boats. Finds such as the Hjortspring boat, among others, give further credence to the theory that Bronze Age people in Scandinavia relied heavily on naval dominance of the waters surrounding their region in order to secure trade and safety.

Ancient DNA and archaeological evidence indicates that people from the Nordic Bronze Age sphere were involved in the conflict at the Tollense valley battlefield in northern Germany (13th century BC),[56] "the largest excavated and archaeologically verifiable battle site of this age in the world".[57]

International contacts

The Nordic Bronze Age maintained intimate trade links with the

Iberia and Cyprus.[58][59] The trade network was briefly disrupted during the Late Bronze Age collapse in the 12th century BC.[60]

Evidence for horse-drawn chariots appears in Scandinavia c. 1700 BC, around the same time or earlier than it appears in Greece. In both cases the chariots appear to have come from the region of the Carpathian Basin or the western steppe.

Seima-Turbino culture.[62] Cheek-pieces and belt hooks adorned with horse heads are suggested to have originated from the Carpathian Basin, making their way into Scandinavia.[62]

Chariot wheels in Scandinavia are depicted with four spokes, as in Mycenaean Greece and the Carpathian Basin.[64][65] A depiction of a two-wheeled vehicle with four-spoked wheels is also known from Kültepe in Central Anatolia, dating from c. 1900 BC.[66] In contrast, chariot wheels from the Sintashta culture and Andronovo cultures near the Urals had more than four spokes.[67] Miniature spoked-wheel models have been found in the Carpathian Basin dating to the 20th–19th centuries BC,[68] and cheek-pieces are known there from c. 2000 BC.[69] According to Maran (2020, 2014) chariots probably originated "in the entire zone between the Carpathian Basin and the Southern Ural", rather than just in the Ural region, and spread southwards from there to Greece and the Near East.[70][71][72] In the case of Greece this is given some support by analyses of skeletal material from the shaft graves at Mycenae, which also indicate connections to the north.[73]

According to Kristiansen and Larsson (2005), "foreign origins were most consciously demonstrated in the formation of the Nordic Bronze Age Culture from 1500 BC onwards, basing itself on a Minoan/Mycenaean template."

Indo-European tradition.[10] Other similarities have been noted in artistic iconography from both regions and its associated cosmology.[75] Some of the contacts between Scandinavia and Greece were probably conveyed through Central Europe. [10][3]

Cultural connections with the Hittites have also been suggested. These include a sign or symbol akin to the Hittite hieroglyph meaning ‘divine’ found among the rock carvings at Fossum in Sweden, associated with possible images of divinities.[76] According to Kristiansen & Larsson (2005), "From the eighteenth century BC until the beginning of the fifteenth century BC networks were operating between the Hittites, the steppe and the Carpathians, with direct link to northern Europe. During this period basic institutions were transmitted north in exchange for amber and horses, while at the same time the institution of chariotry was transmitted south from the steppe".[74]

Trade and cultural contacts have also been noted between the Nordic Bronze Age and New Kingdom Egypt.[77][43][78][79]

The contacts during the Late Bronze Age (period IV–VI) were more intensive with Central Europe and Italy. A lot of similarities are seen in art and iconography between different continental Urnfield cultures and the Hallstatt culture. Copper was imported from Central Europe and Italy.

Religion and cult

There is no coherent knowledge about the Nordic Bronze Age religion, its

elk
.

Many finds, especially rock carvings, indicate

Sól
), though snakes may only have been associated with the Sun by one group of religious specialists, as seen on their razors; otherwise the myths depicted on rock carvings seem to indicate the opposite, that snakes were the enemy of the Sun. During the day, the Sun is thought to be transported by horse or by boat, then at night embarks a night ship to be transported in at night, switching for a day ship or horse afterwards, repeating this process every night and day in its journey.

A pair of male

Divine Twins
are thought to be the protectors of the sun, ensuring its safe passage through the night so it can rise again in the morning and make its usual path across the daylit sky, repeating this every night and day.

Jeanette Varberg has proposed, in light of archaeological evidence pairing hose gear with women's ornaments (and wagons), that there may have been a goddess associated with war and horses that was worshiped in the Late Bronze Age which she calls the Lady of the Battle and of the Horse.[80]

Sacrifices, including of animals, weapons, jewellery, and humans, often had a strong connection to bodies of water. Water bodies such as bogs, ponds, streams, and lakes were often used as ceremonial and holy places for sacrifices and many artifacts have been found in such locations. Ritual instruments such as bronze lurs have been uncovered, especially in the region of Denmark and western Sweden. Lurs are also depicted in several rock carvings and are believed to have been used in ceremonies.

Nordic Bronze Age religion and mythology is believed to be mostly

Indo-European in character and to itself be the ancestor to Norse mythology and religion and wider Germanic mythology
and religion.

Nordic Bronze Age culture
  • Solar boat petroglyph, Madsebakke at Bornholm, Denmark.
    Solar boat petroglyph, Madsebakke at Bornholm
    , Denmark.
  • Amphora and golden bowls from Funen, Denmark.
    Amphora and golden bowls from Funen, Denmark.
  • Reconstruction of Daensen folding chair, northern Germany.
    Reconstruction of Daensen folding chair, northern Germany.
  • Sun cult artifacts. The Trundholm sun chariot, Denmark, c. 1400 BC.[81]
    Sun cult artifacts. The Trundholm sun chariot, Denmark, c. 1400 BC.[81]
  • Lur from Brudevælte Denmark.
    Lur from Brudevælte Denmark.
  • Bronze belt plates, collars and arm rings, Denmark.
    Bronze belt plates, collars and arm rings, Denmark.
  • Håga burial mound, Sweden.
    Håga burial mound, Sweden.
  • Skallerup ritual vessel, Denmark.
    Skallerup ritual vessel, Denmark.
  • Ceremonial helmets. Veksø, Denmark.
    Ceremonial helmets.
    Veksø
    , Denmark.
  • Langstrup belt plate, Denmark, 1400 BC.[82]
    Langstrup belt plate, Denmark, 1400 BC.[82]
  • Bronze figurines, Denmark.
    Bronze figurines, Denmark.
  • Mound burials with oak coffins. Borum Eshøj Man, in Borum, Denmark.
    Mound burials with oak coffins. Borum Eshøj Man, in Borum, Denmark.
  • Stone ship monuments. Gotland in Sweden.
    Stone ship monuments. Gotland in Sweden.
  • National Museum display, Denmark (photo from 1880)
    National Museum display, Denmark (photo from 1880)
  • Grave goods, Håga burial mound, Sweden
    Grave goods, Håga burial mound, Sweden
  • Ceremonial axe, Denmark.
    Ceremonial axe, Denmark.
  • Golden vessels from Borgbjerg, Denmark.
    Golden vessels from Borgbjerg, Denmark.
  • Bronze animal figurines, Denmark.
    Bronze animal figurines, Denmark.
  • Bronze and gold votive items.
    Bronze and gold votive items.
  • Ceremonial axe, Denmark.
    Ceremonial axe, Denmark.
  • Boat petroglyph, Tanum, Sweden.
    Boat petroglyph, Tanum, Sweden.
  • Votive shields from Froslunda, Sweden
    Votive shields from Froslunda, Sweden
  • Gold bowls, Denmark
    Gold bowls, Denmark
  • Bronze saw mold, Sweden.
    Bronze saw mold, Sweden.
  • Wool clothing. Trindhøj man, Denmark.
    Wool clothing. Trindhøj man, Denmark.
  • Clothes from Borum Eshøj.
    Clothes from Borum Eshøj.
  • Bronze combs. Gotland, Sweden.
    Bronze combs. Gotland, Sweden.
  • Bronze razor for shaving. Scania, Sweden.
    Bronze razor for shaving. Scania, Sweden.
  • Bronze swords. Rørby, Denmark.
    Bronze swords. Rørby, Denmark.
  • dagger, tweezers and button, Sweden.
    dagger, tweezers and button, Sweden.
  • Bronze collar, Sweden.
    Bronze collar, Sweden.
  • Miniature gold boats from Nors, Denmark.[83]
    Miniature gold boats from Nors, Denmark.[83]
  • Amber sun cross, Denmark.[84]
    Amber sun cross, Denmark.[84]
  • Balkåkra Ritual Object, Sweden
    Balkåkra Ritual Object, Sweden
  • Skrydstrup woman, mummified remains in oak coffin, Denmark.[85]
    Skrydstrup woman, mummified remains in oak coffin, Denmark.[85]
  • Men with weapons. Tanumshede, western Sweden.
    Men with weapons. Tanumshede, western Sweden.
  • Agriculture. Ploughing with bulls. Petroglyph depiction from Tanum, Sweden.
    Agriculture. Ploughing with bulls. Petroglyph depiction from Tanum, Sweden.
  • Chariot petroglyph, Kivik grave, Sweden.
    Chariot petroglyph, Kivik grave, Sweden.
  • Longhouse reconstruction, Denmark, c. 1900 BC.[86][87]
    Longhouse reconstruction, Denmark, c. 1900 BC.[86][87]
  • Longhouse remains, Denmark, c. 1900 BC.[88]
    Longhouse remains, Denmark, c. 1900 BC.[88]
  • Outline of a Bronze Age longhouse at Skrydstrup, Denmark.[89]
    Outline of a Bronze Age longhouse at Skrydstrup, Denmark.[89]
  • Hünenburg bei Watenstedt, central settlement reconstruction, c. 1000 BC.
    Hünenburg bei Watenstedt, central settlement reconstruction, c. 1000 BC.
  • Bronze Age house reconstruction, Landa, Norway
    Bronze Age house reconstruction, Landa, Norway
  • Bronze Age house model. National Museum, Denmark
    Bronze Age house model. National Museum, Denmark

Seamanship

Thousands of rock carvings from the Nordic Bronze Age depict ships, and the large stone burial monuments known as stone ships. Those sites suggest that ships and seafaring played an important role in the culture at large. The depicted ships, most likely represents sewn plank built canoes used for warfare, fishing and trade. These ship types may have their origin as far back as the neolithic period and they continue into the Pre-Roman Iron Age, as exemplified by the Hjortspring boat.[90] 3,600-year-old bronze axes and other tools made from Cypriot copper have been found in the region.[91]

Researchers note that there is great continuity in the way that ships continuously had a strong importance in Scandinavian society. The boat building and seafaring traditions that were established during the Nordic Bronze Age lasted throughout the ages and were further developed upon during the

Iron Age. Some archaeologists and historians believe that the culmination of this sea-focused culture was the Viking Age.[92]

Climate

The Nordic Bronze Age was initially characterized by a warm climate that began with a climate change around 2700 BC. The climate was comparable to that of present-day central Germany and northern France and permitted a fairly dense population and good opportunities for farming; for example, grapes were grown in Scandinavia at this time. A minor change in climate occurred between 850 BC and 760 BC, introducing a wetter, colder climate and a more radical climate change began around 650 BC.[93]

Genetics

See also: Motala § Archaeogenetics

A June 2015 study published in

Beaker culture and the Unetice culture. People of the Nordic Bronze Age and Corded Ware show the highest lactose tolerance among Bronze Age Europeans. The study suggested that the Sintashta culture, and its succeeding Andronovo culture, represented an eastward migration of Corded Ware peoples. [a]

In the June 2015 study, the remains of nine individuals of the Northern Bronze Age and earlier Neolithic cultures in Denmark and Sweden from ca. 2850 BC to 500 BC, were analyzed. Among the Neolithic individuals, the three males were found to be carrying haplogroup I1, R1a1a1 and R1b1a1a2a1a1. Among the individuals from the Nordic Bronze Age, two males carried I1, while two carried R1b1a1a2.[94][95][96]

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ a b "European Late Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures such as Corded Ware, Bell Beakers, Unetice, and the Scandinavian cultures are genetically very similar to each other... The close affinity we observe between peoples of Corded Ware and Sintashta cultures suggests similar genetic sources of the two... Among Bronze Age Europeans, the highest tolerance frequency was found in Corded Ware and the closely-related Scandinavian Bronze Age cultures... The Andronovo culture, which arose in Central Asia during the later Bronze Age, is genetically closely related to the Sintashta peoples, and clearly distinct from both Yamnaya and Afanasievo. Therefore, Andronovo represents a temporal and geographical extension of the Sintashta gene pool... There are many similarities between Sintasthta/Androvono rituals and those described in the Rig Veda and such similarities even extend as far as to the Nordic Bronze Age."[94]

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