Coțofeni culture
| Geographical range | Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia |
|---|---|
| Period | Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age |
| Dates | between c. 3500 and 2500 BC |
| Preceded by | Cernavoda culture, Usatove culture, Bodrogkeresztúr culture |
| Followed by | Baden culture, Vučedol culture, Glina-Schneckenberg culture, Wietenberg culture, Ottomány culture |
The Coțofeni culture (Serbian: Kocofeni), also known as the Baden-Coțofeni culture, and generally associated with the Usatove culture, was an Early Bronze Age archaeological culture that existed between 3500 and 2500 BC in the mid-Danube area of south-eastern Central Europe.
The first report of a Coțofeni find was made by Fr. Schuster in 1865 from the Râpa Roșie site in Sebeș (present-day Alba County, Romania). Since then, this culture has been studied by a number of people to varying degrees. Some of the more prominent contributors to the study of this culture include C. Gooss, K. Benkő, B. Orbán, G. Téglas, K. Herepey, S. Fenichel, Julius Teutsch, Cezar Bolliac, V. Christescu, Teohari Antonescu, and Cristian Popa.