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Yamnaya culture in Transylvania

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ID7535576
AuthorsDragoş Diaconescu (0000-0002-5106-0180, National Museum of BanatArchaeologyHuniade Square, no. 1TimişoaraRomania, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume95
Issue1
Pages17-47
Publication date2020-05-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePraehistorische Zeitschrift (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0079-4848 • E-ISSN: 1613-0804
PublisherDe Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/pz-2020-0010
OpenAlexW3034859999
LanguageEN
Citations received14

The older horizon of the tumuli cemeteries from Transylvania were connected with the Early Bronze Age cultural phenomenon (Livezile/Bedeleu, Șoimuș and Copăceni cultural groups). Some of the discoveries made especially during the second half of the 20 th century while searching for the Scythians were considered as belonging to the Ochre Grave Culture (Câmpia Turzii, Cipău, Răscruci). The archaeological research from Silvașu de Jos (Hunedoara county), together with the older and more recent discoveries from Bodo, Bucova Pusta IX and Bucova Pusta IV, prove that the Lower and Middle Mureș valley were used as a path by the Yamnaya Culture, connecting the discoveries from central and western Transylvania to those from the Tisza Plain. This event is contemporary with the earliest manifestation of the Early Bronze Age. Moreover, completing again the observations made on the Tisza Plain and Lower Danube (Trnava, Bulgaria), it is clear that the barrow trend precedes the Yamnaya Culture also in Transylvania, based on the results from Cheile Aiudului and, recently, Silvașu de Jos, showing that the barrows were used by the Coțofeni III communities

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Bronze Age · Cultural phenomenon · Geography · Horizon · Humanities · Steppe · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Linguistics and language evolution

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