The Lusatian culture existeds in the later Bronze Age and early Iron Age (1300 BCE – 500 BCE) in most of Poland, parts of Czech Republic and Slovakia, parts of eastern Germany (where it is known as Lausitz) and parts of Ukraine.

It covers the Periods Montelius III (early Lusatian culture) to V of the Northern-European chronological scheme.There are close contacts with the Nordic Bronze Age, and the Scandinavian influence on Pomerania and northern Poland during this period is so considerable that this region is sometimes included in the Nordic Bronze Age culture.

Hallstatt and La Tène influences are seen particularly in ornaments (fibulae, pins) and weapons.