Around what's now Poland, after the Tollense war, a people lived we're calling the Lusatians [not Lusitanians]. Their neighbours were the Hallstatt culture - commonly accepted as protoGauls. The Hallstatt were bronzesmiths from time-immemorial; well, okay, it's all immemorial to us (the Gauls being replaced several times over there since then, then wiped out).
Anyway back in 1200 BC not all Lusatians cared for metals. I assume most used bronze and later, iron for woodwork. Southern Lusatians thought highly of metallurgy, and assuredly passed on that "Smith And Devil" tale. But the Chełmno at the lake Papowo Biskupie didn't feel like this stuff was natural; it was not Their Culture. The Chełmno accordingly did not bury their dead with metals. Precious things for them were probably ambers, in that region, traded with the Baltic coast.
Saraceni, again, comes through [1/29]: the Chełmno lake did take metal sacrifice. It's just that these Lusatians did it later than others.
Is this where the Balts and Slavs split from each other? Balts maybe more conservative?
BACKDATE 1/30 again. Sigh.
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