Sheet metal circle

The term sheet metal circle denotes a larger group of early Bronze Age regional groups . The term was coined by the Swiss prehistorian Emil Vogt . The criterion for the assignment to this sheet metal group is the manufacturing technique of the bronze jewelry objects, which were given their shape by hammering out of a bronze sheet. In contrast to this is the concept of the casting circle in which the bronze objects were cast into shape. Emil Vogt set up this structure in order to emphasize similarities between the individual regional groups in order to describe a larger, early Bronze Age cultural area. He juxtaposed two cultural groups: on the one hand the Rhone-Straubing-Kisapostag culture , which was supposed to form the sheet metal circle, on the other hand the Aunjetitz culture . Today, however, the term is considered outdated.

literature

• Emil Vogt: The structure of the Swiss Early Bronze Age. Huber publishing house, Frauenfeld 1948.