Catacomb culture

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The Catacomb culture was a Bronze Age archaeological culture of the Pontic–Caspian steppe, notable for its distinctive underground burial chambers and often discussed in relation to early Indo-European expansions.

All labels observed (3)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age culture ⓘ
Kurgan culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
discussedInContextOf Indo-Iranian origins ⓘ
Proto-Indo-European homeland hypotheses ⓘ
linked to: Kurgan hypothesis

early Indo-European expansions ⓘ
followedBy Multi-cordoned ware culture ⓘ
Srubnaya culture ⓘ
follows Poltavka culture ⓘ
Yamnaya culture ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidence kurgan cemeteries ⓘ
metalworking remains ⓘ
settlement sites ⓘ
hasBurialRite flexed inhumations ⓘ
supine inhumations ⓘ
timber or stone grave constructions ⓘ
hasCharacteristic cattle herding ⓘ
evidence of social stratification ⓘ
horse husbandry ⓘ
kurgan barrow burials ⓘ
mobile pastoral economy ⓘ
rich grave goods in elite burials ⓘ
secondary burials in side chambers cut into grave shafts ⓘ
sheep and goat herding ⓘ
underground burial chambers (catacomb graves) ⓘ
use of ochre in burials ⓘ
hasChronologicalRange c. 2800 BC – c. 2200 BC ⓘ
hasEndTime late 3rd millennium BC ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Multi-cordoned ware culture ⓘ
Srubnaya culture ⓘ
later steppe nomadic traditions ⓘ
hasReligion prehistoric Indo-European-type belief system (hypothesized) ⓘ
hasResearchField Indo-European studies ⓘ
archaeology of the Eurasian steppe ⓘ
hasStartTime early 3rd millennium BC ⓘ
hasType Dnieper–Don Catacomb variants ⓘ
Early Catacomb culture ⓘ
Late Catacomb culture ⓘ
linked to: Catacomb culture

Middle Catacomb culture ⓘ
linked to: Catacomb culture

North Caucasian Catacomb culture variants ⓘ
locatedIn Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ
modern Ukraine ⓘ
northern Caucasus region ⓘ
southern Russia ⓘ
partOf Pontic–Caspian steppe archaeological cultures ⓘ
relatedTo Corded Ware culture ⓘ
North Caucasus culture ⓘ
Poltavka culture ⓘ
Yamnaya culture ⓘ
uses bronze weapons ⓘ
cord-impressed pottery ⓘ
handmade pottery ⓘ
metal ornaments ⓘ
stone weapons ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yamnaya culture → influenced → Catacomb culture ⓘ
Srubnaya culture → precededBy → Catacomb culture ⓘ
Catacomb culture → hasType → Middle Catacomb culture ⓘ
linked to: Catacomb culture
Catacomb culture → hasType → Late Catacomb culture ⓘ
linked to: Catacomb culture
Kurgan archaeological horizon → includes → Catacomb culture ⓘ
Poltavka culture → sharesTraitsWith → Catacomb culture ⓘ
Timber-grave culture → precededBy → Catacomb culture ⓘ
Maykop culture → followedBy → Catacomb culture ⓘ