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Influence of the Wietenburg culture spread east to the Noua culture of Moldavia and Sabatinovka culture of the
Steppe as far as the Dnieper. Pastoralism was practiced extensively in the central to east of Romania. Seven of the nine
superior Bronze "Mycenaean" swords found in Romania were found in Transylvania showing that trade and
connections continued with the southern Balkans through the Morava-Vardar corridor.
Some Mycenaean settlements were founded in Macedonia.
It is thought that Slavic-Baltic peoples to the north were separating both in location and
language and by 1400 BC the Slavic groups between the Oder and the Dnepr rivers were developing a common Slavic language, then by 1250 BC the
Baltic peoples had moved north and east.
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- Dubovac-Žuto Brdo group
- Origins - middle European Hügelgräber tumulus culture
- Area - terraces along the Danube from Belgrade to Lom
- Burials - inhumation in urns
- Links - many features such as meanders, figurines, idols have similarities to the Greek world
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- Peraćin
- Area - central Morava and Timok
- Origins – spreading of urnfield culture
- Burials - inhumation in globular urns
- Links - Verbicioara
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- Maliq III culture
- Origins - assimilation of new peoples with existing continuity from eneolithic period, continues through to Iron Age when Urnfield elements assimilate
- Area - south Albania, expanding south later
- Pottery - initially more primitive than Maliq II, new styles & including impressed cords, some similar to Kostolac group, continuing to develop to pre-firing red geometric designs
- Technology - specialists in metallurgy, sword manufacture designs similar to Aegean
- Trade - swords and pottery from Aegean
- Burials - tumuli, Urnfield culture did not displace this
- Links - may be Kostolac group
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- Tei culture
- Origins - Glina-Schneckenberg with Folteşti-Cernavodă
- Area - Muntenia-Oltenia & S of Danube, crossing into SE Transylvania
- Economy - pastoral
- Settlements - zolniki type
- Pottery - cups & storage , geometric designs, spirals later
- Technology - metal is rare
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- Pecica
- Origins - Periam, plus Baden
- Area- Confluence of Tisa and Mures
- Pottery - clepsydra vases, cups, incised decoration
- Technology - metallurgy
- Burials - inhumation
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- Verbicioara
- Origins - Periam, influences from west
- Area - Banat, Oltenia spreading into NW Bulgaria to Stara Planina and NE Serbia
- Pottery - incised and encrusted geometric decoration, meanders & sun symbols
- Settlements - on high terrances, zolniki type
- Economy - pastoralism
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- Vattina
- Origins - Periam, plus Baden
- Area- Confluence of Tisa and Mures
- Pottery - clepsydra vases, cups, incised decoration
- Technology - metallurgy
- Burials - inhumation
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- Gârla Mare-Cârna-Dubovac
- Area - middle & lower Danube from Budapest to Jiu river, Banat & SW Oltenia
- Pottery - globular urns etc, incised spirals, female figurines
- Burials - cremation, large urnfields without barrows
- Links - lasted until ~13th BC population movements to the Aegean
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- Coslogeni
- Origin - diffusion of Sabatinovska with Tei
- Area - E Muntenia, Dobrogea
- Settlements - open, zolniki
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- Sabatinovksa-Noua-Coslogeni
- Origin - first varient was Sabatinovska east of Prut, synthesis
of Srubno-Hvalinsk, Monteoru, Sighişoara-Weitenberg
- Area - Moldavia & east of river Prut
- Pottery - similar to preceeding cultures
- Houses - stone lower walls
- Settlements - zolniki type
- Economy - pastoral, trading of Transylvanian BronzeBurials - inhumation in flat graves, or tumulus
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- Noua culture
- Origin - diffusion of Sabatinovska with Monteoru,
Sighişoara-Weitenberg
- Area - basin of middle Prut (Moldavia), spreading to central & E Transylvania, Muntenia & Dobrogea
- Pottery - grey or black, polished
- Houses - surface huts
- Settlements - open, zolniki
- Economy - pastoral, mainly cattle
- Technology - metal replaced by bone and stone
- Burials - inhumation in flat graves
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- Sighişoara-Weitenberg
- Origin - derived from Coţofeni
- Area - Transylvania
- Pottery - one handled cup, dishes, bowls, geometric decoration & spirals
- Settlements - dense population of over 200 settlements, towards end many fortified sites
- Technology - well developed metallurgy bronze and gold
- Burials - cremation in covered urns
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- Barrow graves culture
- Origins - yamma of the north Pontic-Steppe
- Burials - ochre-painted skeletons in tumuli
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- Suciu de Sus - Felchesevch-Stanova
- Origins - either from Otomani & Sighişoara, or Vučedol-Zok-Nir
- Area - Maramures & Ukraine sub Carpathians, & part of Crişana
- Pottery - spirals & solar designs, also geometric
- Houses - surface huts of wattle & daub
- Economy - on trade route from central to north Europe
- Technology - metallurgy
- Burials - cremation, tumulus graves
