Middle Dnieper culture
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The Middle Dnieper culture (Russian: Среднеднепро́вская культу́ра, romanized: Sriedniednieprovskaya kul'tura) is a formative early expression of the Corded Ware culture,[1] ca. 3200—2300 BC, of northern Ukraine and Belarus.
Distribution
As the name indicates, it was centered on the middle reach of the
Geographically, the Middle Dnieper culture is directly behind the area occupied by the Globular Amphora culture (south and east), and while commencing a little later and lasting a little longer, it is otherwise contemporaneous with it.
The Fatyanovo–Balanovo culture is, in turn, considered an eastern extension of the Middle Dnieper culture.
Characteristics
More than 200 sites are attested to, mostly as barrow
Ethnicity
Within the context of the Kurgan hypothesis of Marija Gimbutas, this culture is a major center for migrations (or invasions, if one prefers) from the Yamnaya culture and its immediate successors into Northern and Central Europe.
It has been argued that the area where the Middle Dnieper culture is situated would have provided a better migration route for steppe tribes along the
On the other hand, the Middle-Dnieper culture has been viewed as a contact zone between Yamnaya steppe tribes and occupants of the forest steppe zone, possibly signaling communications between pre-
See also
References
- ^ Nordqvist and Heyd, The Forgotten Child of the Wider Corded Ware Family: Russian Fatyanovo Culture in Context, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, online 12 November 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2020.9
- ^ J. P. Mallory, "Middle Dnieper Culture", Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.
- ^ Rifkin, M. 2007. A Spatial Analysis of Neolithic Cultures throughout Eastern, Central, and Northern Europe in Relation to Proto-Germanic. Journal of Indo-European Studies. 35 (1 & 2): 53–81
- ^ Telegin, D. 2005. The Yamnaya Culture and the Indo-European Homeland Problem. Journal of Indo-European Studies. 33 (3 & 4): 339–358