Yamnaya horizon

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Yamnaya_culture
gptkb:Pit_Grave_culture
gptkbp:archaeologicalFinds late 19th century
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite animal remains in graves
large burial mounds (kurgans)
wheeled vehicle models in graves
gptkbp:archaeologicalType Bronze Age civilization
gptkbp:burialPractice single inhumation in pit grave
use of ochre in burials
gptkbp:contribution significant to modern Europeans
gptkbp:culture gptkb:ceramics
bone tools
stone stelae
copper tools
wheeled vehicles
gptkbp:diet gptkb:meat
gptkb:milk
cereals
gptkbp:economy cattle herding
sheep herding
mobile pastoralism
gptkbp:geneticMarker gptkb:R1b_Y-DNA_haplogroup
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yamnaya horizon
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Bell_Beaker_culture
gptkb:Corded_Ware_culture
gptkb:Afanasievo_culture
gptkb:Andronovo_culture
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Proto-Indo-European
gptkbp:mainLine southern Russia
western Kazakhstan
modern-day Ukraine
gptkbp:motility highly mobile
gptkbp:notableFor pastoralism
kurgan burial mounds
domestication of horses
early use of wagons
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Lower_Volga_region
gptkb:Samara_region
gptkbp:period c. 3300–2600 BCE
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Sredny_Stog_culture
gptkb:Khvalynsk_culture
gptkbp:region gptkb:Pontic–Caspian_steppe
gptkbp:significance spread of Indo-European languages
major genetic impact on Europe
gptkbp:socialStructure patriarchal
chieftain-led groups
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Catacomb_culture
gptkb:Poltavka_culture
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yamnaya_culture
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6