Period VI

E887717

Period VI is the final phase of the Nordic Bronze Age, marked by transitional cultural and technological developments leading toward the early Iron Age in Northern Europe.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Period VI canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological period ⓘ
phase of the Nordic Bronze Age ⓘ
associatedWith changes in social organization in Nordic societies ⓘ
increasing regional differentiation in material culture ⓘ
modification of burial mound traditions ⓘ
possible shifts in ritual landscapes ⓘ
characterizedBy changes in burial customs ⓘ
continuity of some Bronze Age ritual practices ⓘ
decline in traditional bronze hoards ⓘ
increasing use of iron artifacts ⓘ
transition toward the Early Iron Age ⓘ
chronologicalPosition final phase of the Nordic Bronze Age ⓘ
followedBy Pre-Roman Iron Age ⓘ
linked to: Roman Iron Age
follows Period V ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidence burial sites ⓘ
isolated bronze and iron finds ⓘ
metal hoards ⓘ
settlement remains ⓘ
hasCulturalAspect changes in metalworking traditions ⓘ
emergence of new weapon and tool types ⓘ
shift in long-distance trade networks ⓘ
hasCulturalChangeFrom Period V of the Nordic Bronze Age ⓘ
linked to: Nordic Bronze Age
hasCulturalContinuityWith earlier Nordic Bronze Age periods ⓘ
hasEndTime c. 500 BC ⓘ
hasResearchTopic processes of Bronze to Iron Age transition in Scandinavia ⓘ
hasStartTime c. 700 BC ⓘ
hasTechnologicalAspect introduction of iron metallurgy ⓘ
reduced reliance on bronze ⓘ
hasTypeOfFind early iron knives and tools ⓘ
fibulae and personal ornaments ⓘ
late bronze swords and spearheads ⓘ
locatedIn Denmark ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
southern Sweden ⓘ
partOf European Bronze Age chronology ⓘ
linked to: European Bronze Age

Nordic Bronze Age ⓘ
precededBy Period V ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline European prehistory ⓘ
Nordic archaeology ⓘ
temporalRelation immediately precedes the Nordic Early Iron Age ⓘ
late Bronze Age in Northern Europe ⓘ
transitionTo Early Iron Age in Northern Europe ⓘ
usedChronologySystem Montelius system of Bronze Age periods ⓘ

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 VI ⓘ
Period V → followedBy → Period VI ⓘ