Nordic Bronze Age Nordic Bronze Age The Nordic Bronze Age (also Northern Bronze Age, or Scandinavian Bronze Age) is a period of Scandinavian prehistory from c. 1700–500 BC. The Bronze Age culture of this era succeeded the Nordic Stone Age culture (Late Neolithic) and was followed by the Pre-Roman Iron Age. The archaeological legacy of the Nordic Bronze Age culture is rich, but the ethnic and linguistic affinities of it are unknown, in the absence of written sources. Some scholars also include sites in what is now Finland, Estonia, northern Germany and Pomerania, as part of its cultural sphere. Settlement in the Scandinavian
Neolithic and Bronze Age rock art in the British Isles the agricultural intensification in the Late Bronze Age, the first millennium BCE. Within Britain, the majority of recorded Neolithic and Bronze Age rock art comes from the northern part of the island. Cup-and-ring marks are particularly common in this area. Cup-and-ring marks are usually attributed to the Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, while attempts at building a relative chronology have been tried in Dumbartonshire. Over 70 examples of late prehistoric rock art have been identified in the South West of Britain, being far sparser than those found in the North. This may in part be due to the harder nature