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During the mid 1st century AD, the Zarubintsy and Lukashevka cultures came to an end in their true form, possibly due to Sarmatian invasions and perturbations of central European trade due to Caesar's invasion of Gaul ( the ' heart ' of the La Tene culture ).

The area inhabited by the Zarubintsy culture had no settlements after c. 100 AD.

However, certain Zarubintsy elements remained, found scattered throughout neighbouring areas of eastern Europe.

In the upper Dniester, where the Basternae are described to have inhabited, post-Zarubintsy, Przeworsk and Sarmatian elements formed the Zvenigrod group, which also has some analogies with the " Dacian " Lipitsa culture.