Map of the Vučedol Culture 3000-2500bc

The Vučedol Culture is a poorly understood yet incredibly significant culture, representing the Indo-Europeanization of the balkans, initiation of the bronze age, social stratification, and rise of the warrior caste.

The Vučedol Culture forms first in the Slavonia-Syrmia area between the Danube and Sava around 3000 or 3100bc, formed in the basis of the preceding Kostolac Culture, with influence from the Yamnaya Culture.

This culture expanded rapidly after 2800bc, occupying the entire pannonian basin as well as the adriatic coast, displacing the previous eneolithic cultures and/or absorbing them.
Part of the Vučedol cultures dominance is owed to the unqiue shaft-hole axes. In the early phase, Babyabic axes of the Yamnaya Culture were used, which were developed into Kozarac and Fajsz axes in later periods.