Period V

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Period V is a late phase of the Nordic Bronze Age characterized by evolving metalwork styles and social structures in prehistoric Scandinavia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Period V canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological period ⓘ
phase of the Nordic Bronze Age ⓘ
associatedWith changes in settlement patterns ⓘ
contacts with Central Europe ⓘ
long-distance exchange of metal ⓘ
characterizedBy changes in burial customs ⓘ
changes in social structures ⓘ
evolving metalwork styles ⓘ
increasing use of iron alongside bronze ⓘ
regionalization of material culture ⓘ
chronologicallyOverlaps European Late Bronze Age ⓘ
linked to: Late Bronze Age
documentedBy archaeological excavations in Denmark ⓘ
archaeological excavations in Norway ⓘ
archaeological excavations in southern Sweden ⓘ
followedBy Period VI ⓘ
follows Period IV ⓘ
hasApproximateDuration about 200 years ⓘ
hasBurialPractice continued use of barrows ⓘ
stone cairns ⓘ
stone settings ⓘ
hasCulturalContext prehistoric Scandinavia ⓘ
hasEndTime c. 700 BCE ⓘ
hasEvidenceType grave finds ⓘ
metal hoards ⓘ
rock carvings reused or still visible ⓘ
settlement remains ⓘ
hasResearchField Bronze Age archaeology ⓘ
Nordic prehistory ⓘ
linked to: Nordic archaeology
hasStartTime c. 900 BCE ⓘ
hasTypicalArtifact bronze belt plates ⓘ
bronze fibulae ⓘ
bronze razors ⓘ
bronze swords ⓘ
ornamented dress accessories ⓘ
socketed axes ⓘ
locatedIn Denmark ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
southern Sweden ⓘ
namedAfter chronological ordering within Nordic Bronze Age sequence ⓘ
partOf Late Nordic Bronze Age ⓘ
linked to: Nordic Bronze Age

Nordic Bronze Age ⓘ
precedes early Pre-Roman Iron Age in Scandinavia ⓘ
showsTrend decline in large elite burial monuments compared to earlier periods ⓘ
increasing standardization of weapon types ⓘ
more modest grave goods for many individuals ⓘ
usedInChronologySystem Montelius system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nordic Bronze Age → hasPart → Period V ⓘ
Period VI → follows → Period V ⓘ