Its probable bearer was the Celtic Cotini and/or Anartes tribes.
Settlements were situated on moderate hill sides and near streams.
The largest known religious, economic, and political center of the Púchov culture was the hill-fort of Havránok, famous for its traces of human sacrifice.
As a result of the Dacian and Germanic tribal expansions at the beginning of the Common Era, the Púchov culture and its settlements began to decline, and its bearers were eventually assimilated into Dacian and other migrating tribes.
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