Corded Ware culture

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The Corded Ware culture was a widespread Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age archaeological culture in much of northern and central Europe, often linked to early Indo-European expansions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Early Bronze Age culture
Late Neolithic culture
archaeological culture
alsoKnownAs Battle Axe culture
linked to: Corded Ware culture

Corded Ware horizon
linked to: Corded Ware culture

Schnurkeramik culture
Single Grave culture
archaeologicalEvidence burial sites
ceramic assemblages
metal objects
settlement sites
stone battle axes
associatedWith Proto-Indo-European languages
linked to: Proto-Indo-European

early Balto-Slavic languages
early Germanic languages
early Indo-European expansions
steppe ancestry
burialCustom bodies oriented roughly east–west
men usually buried on their right side
women usually buried on their left side
coreRegion Baltic region
linked to: Baltic Sea region

Denmark
Germany
Netherlands
North European Plain
linked to: European Plain

Poland
Scandinavia
discoveredBy archaeologists in the late 19th century
economicBase cattle herding
limited hunting and gathering
mixed farming and herding
sheep and goat herding
followedBy Bell Beaker culture
geneticCharacteristic frequent Y-chromosome haplogroup R1a
frequent Y-chromosome haplogroup R1b in some regions
high proportion of steppe-related ancestry
geographicDistribution central Europe
eastern Europe
northern Europe
hasCharacteristic animal husbandry
battle axes as grave goods
burials under barrows or flat graves
cereal cultivation
copper artifacts in later phases
corded beakers and amphorae
corded decoration on pottery vessels
domesticated horses
flint tools
gender-differentiated burial positions
individual burial tradition
mobile pastoralism
single inhumation burials
stone battle axes
stone tools
use of wheeled vehicles
influenced Bell Beaker culture
Unetice culture
early Bronze Age societies in central Europe
linkedTo Pontic–Caspian steppe
Yamnaya culture
namedAfter corded decoration on pottery
partOf European Neolithic
linked to: Neolithic Europe
precededBy Funnelbeaker culture
Globular Amphora culture
region modern-day Baltic states
modern-day Czech Republic
modern-day Denmark
modern-day Germany
modern-day Netherlands
modern-day Norway
modern-day Poland
modern-day Slovakia
modern-day Sweden
parts of modern-day Russia
parts of modern-day Ukraine
timePeriodEnd circa 2350 BC
timePeriodStart circa 2900 BC

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Yamnaya culture influenced Corded Ware culture
Nordic Bronze Age follows Corded Ware culture
Nordic Bronze Age follows Battle Axe culture
linked to: Corded Ware culture
Catacomb culture relatedTo Corded Ware culture
Sredny Stog culture followedBy Corded Ware culture (in some regions, culturally related)
linked to: Corded Ware culture
Sredny Stog culture hasInfluenceOn Corded Ware culture
Corded Ware culture alsoKnownAs Corded Ware horizon
linked to: Corded Ware culture
Corded Ware culture alsoKnownAs Battle Axe culture
linked to: Corded Ware culture