Pit Grave culture

GPTKB entity

Statements (65)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Yamnaya_culture
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Albania
gptkb:Armenia
gptkb:Austria
gptkb:Azerbaijan
gptkb:Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
gptkb:Bulgaria
gptkb:Croatia
gptkb:Czech_Republic
gptkb:Georgia
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Greece
gptkb:Hungary
gptkb:Kazakhstan
gptkb:Moldova
gptkb:Montenegro
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Romania
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Samara
gptkb:Serbia
gptkb:Slovakia
gptkb:Turkey
gptkb:Ukraine
gptkb:Yamnaya
gptkb:Dnieper_region
gptkb:Don_region
gptkb:North_Caucasus
gptkb:Volga_region
gptkb:Lower_Danube
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Indo-European_migrations
gptkbp:burialPractice supine position with bent knees
ochre sprinkled in graves
single and multiple burials
gptkbp:characteristicBurial burial in pit graves under kurgans
gptkbp:culture gptkb:ceramics
stone tools
bone tools
copper objects
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Viktor_Gorodtsov
gptkbp:economy pastoralism
animal husbandry
limited agriculture
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1901
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Catacomb_culture
gptkb:Afanasevo_culture
gptkb:Poltavka_culture
gptkbp:geneticStudies Western Steppe Herder ancestry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pit Grave culture
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Unetice_culture
gptkb:Bell_Beaker_culture
gptkb:Corded_Ware_culture
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Proto-Indo-European
gptkbp:notableFor kurgan burial mounds
domestication of the horse
use of wagons
mobile pastoralism
gptkbp:period 3300–2600 BCE
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Sredny_Stog_culture
gptkbp:region gptkb:Pontic–Caspian_steppe
gptkb:Eastern_Europe
gptkb:Western_Asia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yamnaya_culture
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6