Axes of flint are found in both male and female burials. As regards both objects and placement, the grave goods are quite standardized. Men were placed on their left sides, while women were placed on their right sides.
Graves were typically oriented north-south, with the body in a flexed position facing towards the east. In the Battle Axe culture, the deceased were usually placed in a single flat grave with no barrow. They are quite different from those found in the Single Grave culture of Denmark. Around 250 Battle Axe burials have been found in Sweden. The Battle Axe culture is mostly known for its burials. Characteristics īattle Axe culture ceramics Burials It was eventually succeeded by the Nordic Bronze Age, which appears to be a fusion of elements from the Battle Axe culture and the Pitted Ware culture. The Battle Axe culture ended around 2300 BC. Einar Østmo reports sites of the Battle Axe culture inside the Norwegian Arctic Circle in the Lofoten, and as far north as the present city of Tromsø. Throughout its existence, the Battle Axe culture appears to have expanded into coastal Norway, accompanied by dramatic cultural changes. By 2300 BC, the Battle Axe culture had absorbed the Pitted Ware culture. The immediate coastline was, however, occupied by the Pitted Ware culture. Sites of the Battle Axe culture have been found throughout the coastal areas of southern Scandinavia and southwest Finland. The concentration of the Battle Axe culture was in Scania. The Battle Axe culture initially absorbed the agricultural Funnelbeaker culture. Modern genetic studies show that its emergence was accompanied by large-scale migrations and genetic displacement.
It was an offshoot of the Corded Ware culture, which was itself largely an offshoot of the Yamnaya culture of the Pontic–Caspian steppe. The Battle Axe culture emerged in the south of the Scandinavian Peninsula about 2800 BC. The Nordic Bronze Age has, in turn, been considered ancestral to the Germanic peoples. It co-existed for a time with the hunter-gatherer Pitted Ware culture, which it eventually absorbed, developing into the Nordic Bronze Age. It is thought to have been responsible for spreading Indo-European languages and other elements of Indo-European culture to the region. It was an offshoot of the Corded Ware culture, and replaced the Funnelbeaker culture in southern Scandinavia, probably through a process of mass migration and population replacement. The Battle Axe culture, also called Boat Axe culture, is a Chalcolithic culture that flourished in the coastal areas of the south of the Scandinavian Peninsula and southwest Finland, from c.
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