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
Funnelbeaker culture → followedBy → Corded Ware culture ⓘ
Pit Grave culture → ancestralTo → Corded Ware culture (partly, genetically and culturally) ⓘ
linked to: Corded Ware culture
Kurgan archaeological horizon → includes → Corded Ware–related steppe groups ⓘ
linked to: Corded Ware culture
Bell Beaker culture → overlapsWith → Corded Ware culture ⓘ
Prehistoric Estonia → hasArchaeologicalCulture → Corded Ware culture ⓘ