Kurgan culture

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Kurgan_hypothesis
gptkbp:archaeologicalFinds metalworking
horse domestication
wheeled vehicles
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Samara
gptkb:Ukraine
gptkb:North_Caucasus
gptkb:Volga_region
gptkb:Dnieper-Donets
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Proto-Indo-Europeans
gptkbp:burialPractice inhumation under mounds
gptkbp:characterizedBy burial mounds
gptkbp:culture gptkb:horse_race
pastoralism
animal husbandry
herding cattle
herding sheep
use of wagons
patriarchal society
warrior elite
herding horses
metal weapons
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:linguist
archaeologists
geneticists
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kurgan culture
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Catacomb_culture
gptkb:Srubnaya_culture
gptkb:Yamnaya_culture
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Proto-Indo-European
gptkbp:namedAfter kurgan (burial mound)
gptkbp:period 5th millennium BC to 3rd millennium BC
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Marija_Gimbutas
gptkbp:region gptkb:Pontic–Caspian_steppe
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Corded_Ware_culture
gptkb:Catacomb_culture
gptkb:Maykop_culture
gptkb:Sredny_Stog_culture
gptkb:Srubnaya_culture
gptkb:Yamnaya_culture
gptkb:Pit_Grave_culture
gptkb:Afanasievo_culture
gptkb:Andronovo_culture
gptkbp:significance origin of Indo-European languages
gptkbp:spreadTo gptkb:Balkans
gptkb:Central_Europe
gptkb:Eastern_Europe
gptkbp:theory gptkb:Indo-European_homeland
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Scythian_burial_mounds
gptkb:Prehistoric_Europe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6