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Yamnaya culture

The Yamnaya (/ˈjæm.naɪ.ə/, YAM-ny-ə), or Yamna (/ˈjæm.nə/, YAM-nə), culture, also known as the Pit Grave culture or Ochre Grave culture, is a late Copper Age to early Bronze Age archaeological culture of the region between the Southern Bug, Dniester, and Ural rivers (the Pontic–Caspian steppe), dating to 3300–2600 BC. It was discovered by Vasily…

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Alternative names
Pit Grave culture · Yamna culture · Ochre Grave culture · Yamnaya Horizon
Dates
c. 3300–2600 BC
Defined by
Vasily Gorodtsov
Followed by
North: Corded Ware culture · West: Catacomb culture, Vučedol culture · East: Poltavka culture
Geographical range
Pontic–Caspian steppe in Europe
Period
Copper Age, Bronze Age

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related to Language · 28
Yamnaya culture → According, Anatolian, Anthony, BC, Caucasus-like, Colin Renfrew, David, David Anthony, Eastern European, EHG, EHGs, In, Indo-European, It, Kurgan, Marija Gimbutas, Near Eastern, North Pontic, On, PIE
related to Origins · 17
Yamnaya culture → BC, Bronze Age, Catacomb, Don-based Repin, In, Khvalynsk, Pavel Dolukhanov, Pit-Grave, Pontic-Caspian, Sredny Stog, Srubnaya, The, The Khvalynsk, The Yamnaya, Vasily Gorodtsov, Volga, Yamnaya
related to Western Europe · 15
Yamnaya culture → Central, Corded Ware, DNA, Eastern Europe, Genetic, Heyd, However, Northern Europeans, Sardinians, Sicilians, Southern Europeans, That, Western Europeans, Yamnaya, Yamnaya-like
related to Characteristics · 6
Yamnaya culture → Characteristic, Kurgan, Mikhaylivka, Some, The, The Yamnaya
Alternative names · 4
Yamnaya culture → Ochre Grave culture, Pit Grave culture, Yamna culture, Yamnaya Horizon
Followed by · 3
Yamnaya culture → East: Poltavka culture, North: Corded Ware culture, West: Catacomb culture, Vučedol culture
Dates · 1
Yamnaya culture → c. 3300–2600 BC
Defined by · 1
Yamnaya culture → Vasily Gorodtsov
Geographical range · 1
Yamnaya culture → Pontic–Caspian steppe in Europe
Period · 1
Yamnaya culture → Copper Age, Bronze Age

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Yamnaya cultureAlternative namesPit Grave culture1.00infobox
Yamnaya cultureAlternative namesYamna culture1.00infobox
Yamnaya cultureAlternative namesOchre Grave culture1.00infobox
Yamnaya cultureAlternative namesYamnaya Horizon1.00infobox
Yamnaya cultureDatesc. 3300–2600 BC1.00infobox
Yamnaya cultureDefined byVasily Gorodtsov1.00infobox
Yamnaya cultureFollowed byNorth: Corded Ware culture1.00infobox
Yamnaya cultureFollowed byWest: Catacomb culture, Vučedol culture1.00infobox
Yamnaya cultureFollowed byEast: Poltavka culture1.00infobox
Yamnaya cultureGeographical rangePontic–Caspian steppe in Europe1.00infobox
Yamnaya culturePeriodCopper Age, Bronze Age1.00infobox
Yamnaya culturePreceded bySredny Stog culture, Samara culture, Khvalynsk culture, Dnieper–Donets culture, Repin culture, Maykop culture, Cucuteni–Trypillia culture, Cernavodă culture, Usatove culture, No…1.00infobox

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