About Proto-Germanic

[Anglesqueville]

"The time-span 1950-1300 BC of the European Bronze Age is conventionally interpreted as a three-step development, with east-west shifts in gravity and routes of importance (cf. Sherratt 1994; Kristiansen 1998: 368pp.; Jensen 2002: 61pp.):

1. the BA enters into a new mode north of River Danube between Rivers Oder and Elbe, with the appearance of the “Classical” Unetice Culture, the triangular metalhilted dagger, and the “princely” burials of Leubingen, Helmsdorf and Leki Male (Br. A1b, 1950-1700 BC)
2. gravity shifts southeastwards to the Carpathians with the emergence of the Hajdüsâmson-Apa horizon and the first swords (Br. A2, or “A2/B1”, or “A3”,1700/1600-1600/1500 BC)
3. gravity shifts westwards with the emergence of the Tumulus Culture, and a consolidation of sword-production with the octagon-hilted Tumulus sword (Br. B1- C2, 1600/1500-1300 BC)

add to one in 1999 the Nebra Sky Disc was found and in 2014, 2017 the King's grave of Diekau was researched, last one is key in VandKilde's (2017) argumentation.

I add to this the following lines, that you forget to quote:

The above three-step model is a generalization as are all models. In the following I shall try to demonstrate that it is a model in which the Nordic Zone is poorly integrated: i.e. it fails to incorporate Nordic groups as agents on the larger continental scene, it ignores the shear volume of bronze in the north and Nordic production of first generation swords and spearheads, and it fails to unravel the “Scandinavian-Mycenaean” enigma.

All your efforts to demonstrate that the NBA is nothing but a northern provincial offshoot of Unetice are hopeless.  When you have admitted this (if it ever happens), you will also inevitably admit that the association of Unetice with the pre-Germanic process is in fact based on nothing.