Únětice culture
| Geographical range | Europe |
|---|---|
| Period | Early Bronze Age |
| Dates | c. 2300–1600 BC |
| Type site | Únětice |
| Preceded by | Bell Beaker culture, Corded Ware culture, Schönfeld culture |
| Followed by | Tumulus culture, Nordic Bronze Age, Mad'arovce culture, Trzciniec culture |
| Bronze Age |
The Únětice culture, Aunjetitz culture, or Unetician culture (Czech: Únětická kultura, German: Aunjetitzer Kultur, Polish: Kultura unietycka, Slovak: Únětická kultúra) is an archaeological culture at the start of the Central European Bronze Age, dated roughly to about 2300–1600 BC. The eponymous site for this culture, the village of Únětice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈuːɲɛcɪtsɛ]), is located in the central Czech Republic, northwest of Prague. There are about 1,400 documented Únětice culture sites in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and 550 in Poland, with about 500 further sites and loose-finds locations in Germany. The Únětice culture is also known from northeastern Austria (in association with the so-called Böheimkirchen group) and from western Ukraine.