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Bronze Age culture in the area of
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Lietuvos istorija. Akmens amžius ir ankstyvasis metalų laikotarpis
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Girininkas, Algirdas (2005). "Brūkšniuotosios keramikos kultūra".
941:"Žalvario apdirbimas ankstyvuosiuose Rytų Lietuvos piliakalniuose"
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Lietuvos istorija. Akmens amžius ir ankstyvasis metalų laikotarpis
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Girininkas, Algirdas (2005). "Brūkšniuotosios keramikos kultūra".
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Lietuvos istorija. Akmens amžius ir ankstyvasis metalų laikotarpis
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Girininkas, Algirdas (2005). "Brūkšniuotosios keramikos kultūra".
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Podėnas, Vytenis; Čivilytė, Agnė; Luchtanas, Aleksejus (2016).
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856:(in Lithuanian). Vilniaus dailės akademijos leidykla.
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839:(in Lithuanian). Lietuvos archeologija.
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1037:Archaeological cultures in Lithuania
999:"Brūkšniuotosios keramikos kultūra"
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1032:Archaeological cultures in Latvia
1022:Archaeological cultures of Europe
145: The Sembian-Notangian group
1003:Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija
953:Lithuanian Institute of History
801:"Культура штрыхаванай керамікі"
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222:Technology and culture
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385:Bronze Age
373:language.
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310:cremation
257:Sokiškiai
231:hillforts
124:Formation
115:Neolithic
103:Lithuania
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729:Iron Age
594:Caucasus
582:Cycladic
482:Majiayao
474:Gojoseon
470:Erligang
426:Caucasus
422:Anatolia
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377:See also
246:Narkūnai
204:Šventoji
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502:Xindian
498:Wucheng
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