Starejša, srednja in mlajša bronasta doba v Sloveniji - stanje raziskav in problemi

.The article presents the current stance of investigations and issues concerning the Early, Middle and Late Bronze Ages. Slovenia was, at that time, not a unified cultural region. The Ljubljana culture is known in the west during the Early Bronze Age, it's origins reaching back to the Copper Age. Eastern Slovenia is poorly investigated, only a few select finds of Litzen pottery from this period are known. The Castellieri cultural group resided in the western part of Slovenia (the Karst and Notranjska) during the Middle Bronze Age, while the middle Danubian tumulus cultural group reached all to the eastern part of current day Slovenia. The Virovitica group spread through the Styria region at the end of the Middle Bronze Age and during the Late Bronze Age.V članku je predstavljeno stanje raziskav in problemi starejše, srednje in mlajše bronaste dobe. Slovenija v tem času ni bila enoten kulturni prostor. V starejši bronasti dobi poznamo na zahodu Ljubljansko kulturo, ki ima svoje korenine še v bakreni dobi. Vzhodna Slovenija je slabo raziskana, iz tega časa je znanih le nekaj posameznih najdb pramenaste keramike. V srednji bronasti dobi je na zahodu (Kras in Notranjska) živela kaštelirska kultura, na vzhodu pa je na ozemlje današnje Slovenije segala srednjepodonavska kultura gomil. Ob koncu srednje bronaste dobe in v mlajši bronasti dobi se je na Štajerskem razširila virovitiška skupina