New evidence on the interaction between the Yamnaya and Globular Amphora cultures
New evidence on the interaction between the Yamnaya and Globular Amphora cultures
Author(s): Nadezhda S. Kotova, Serghei V. Makhortykh, Viktor DzhosSubject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Azov Sea area; Kamyana Mohyla; Early Bronze Age; Yamnaya culture; Globular Amphora culture; stone tomb;
Summary/Abstract: In the first half of the 3rd millennium BC in the steppe Ukraine, stone tombs with an entrance appeared which are similar in design to the burial structures of the Globular Amphora culture. Two were investigated in the Molochnaya River basin near the Kamyana Mohyla monumental site. These unique structures differ from the stone cists of the Yamnaya culture as well as the burial constructions of the preceding Eneolithic period. Probably, the distribution of stone tombs with an entrance in the North Pontic area is connected with the influence of the Globular Amphora culture.
Journal: Baltic-Pontic Studies
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 25
- Page Range: 317-341
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English