the area between the Oder and Vistula rivers witnessed continuity of human settlement between the Roman period and the early Middle Ages. Indeed, based on morphological features of skeletal materials it has been established that populations of the Przeworsk, Wielbark and Cherniakhovo cultures from the Roman period bear close similarities to the early medieval Western Slavs and not to the medieval Germanic-speaking populations." Decline The culture's decline in the late 5th century coincides with the invasion of the Huns. Other factors may have included the social crisis that occurred as a result of the collapse of the Roman world and the trade contacts it maintained with peoples beyond its borders. In the late 5/6th century, the early Slavic Prague-Korchak culture appears in the Vistula basin. See also Przeworsk culture settlements and burial sites Early Slavs Vandals Amber Road References Bibliography Archaeological cultures of Central Europe Iron Age cultures of Europe Germanic archaeological cultures Slavic archaeological cultures Archaeological cultures in Germany Archaeological cultures in Poland Archaeological cultures in Slovakia Archaeological cultures in Ukraine Lugii Vandals La Tène culture Prehistoric Poland