The Yamnaya Culture Bronze Age Steppe Herders

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The Yamnaya culture was a Copper Age to early Bronze Age archaeological culture of the Pontic steppe (north of the Black Sea) dating to 3300–2600 BC. • Its name derives from its characteristic burial tradition: yamnaya is a Russian adjective that means 'related to pits', and these people used to bury their dead in tumuli (the famous kurgans - which we call barrows or burial mounds in Britain) containing simple pit chambers beneath the mounds. • In life they practiced transhumance, a type of pastoralism or nomadism where they spent winters in wooded river valleys and summers out on the grasslands with their herds. • The Yamnaya culture is identified with the late Proto-Indo-Europeans, and is the strongest candidate for the original homeland of the Proto-Indo-European language (of which English is just one of many descendants). • They possibly invented the wheel, they were the first (or almost) to domesticate and ride horses, and they invented 4-wheeled, ox-drawn axeled wagons that enabled them to drive herds of cattle across the steppes and carry enough water and shelter with them to do so. • -- Support the Channel -- • Patreon ➜ / dandavisauthor • PayPal ➜ https://paypal.me/DanDavisAuthor • Ko-fi ➜ https://ko-fi.com/dandavis • -- My Books -- • Godborn: Gods of Bronze 1 ➜ https://amzn.to/3nm2au1 • All my books on Amazon ➜ https://amzn.to/3xngwz5 • Your FREE Bronze Age fantasy story the Wolf God ➜ http://dandavisauthor.com/ • -- My Links -- • Website ➜ http://dandavisauthor.com/ • Facebook ➜ / dandavisauthor • Twitter ➜ / dandaviswrites • Instagram ➜ / dandavisauthor • -- Video Sources -- • The Horse, the Wheel, and Language - David Anthony ➜ https://amzn.to/3aD3Rhu • In Search of the Indo-Europeans - JP Mallory ➜ https://amzn.to/3gX7dQp • The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World - JP Mallory ➜ https://amzn.to/3t8zqX2 • *The above links include affiliate links which means we will earn a small commission from your purchases at no additional cost to you which is a way to support the channel.* • -- People of the Bronze Age series -- • People of the Bronze Age Playlist ➜ • The Yamnaya Culture | Bronze Age Step... • Yamnaya ➜ • The Yamnaya Culture | Bronze Age Step... • Corded Ware ➜ • The Corded Ware Culture | Prehistoric... • Funnelbeaker ➜ • The Funnelbeaker Culture | Neolithic ... • Pitted Ware ➜ • Europe's Last Hunter-Gatherers | Pitt... • Cucuteni-Trypilla ➜ • Cucuteni-Trypillia Culture | Ancient ... • Maykop ➜ • Bronze Age Mountain Kings | The Mayko...

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