Cucuteni–Trypillia culture
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The Cucuteni–Trypillia culture, also known as the Cucuteni culture or Trypillia culture, is a Neolithic–Chalcolithic archaeological culture of Southeast Europe. It extended from the Carpathian Mountai
Three Chalcolithic ceramic vessels (from left to right): a bowl on stand, a vessel on stand and an amphora, ca. 4300–4000 BC; from Scânteia, Romania and displayed at the Moldavia National Museum Complex
Goddess figurine, Romania, 4050–3900 BC
Clay figurines, 4900–4750 BC, discovered in Balta Popii, Romania (Cucuteni Neolithic Art Museum, Piatra-Neamţ, Romania). The "Council of the Goddesses" was discovered consisting of 36 artifacts: 21 anthropomorphic statuettes, 13 thrones, 1 cone and 1 bead.
One of the 'Council of the Goddesses'
Yamnaya culture
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The Yamnaya, or Yamna, culture, also known as the Pit Grave culture or Ochre Grave culture, is a late Copper Age to early Bronze Age archaeological culture of the region between the Southern Bug, Dnie
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture
…destroyed by force. Arguing from archaeological and linguistic evidence, Gimbutas concluded that the people of the Kurgan culture (a term grouping the Yamnaya culture and its predecessors) of the Pontic–Caspian steppe, being most likely speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language, effectively destroyed the…
Yamnaya culture
A Yamnaya culture grave, Volgograd Oblast
Sredny Stog culture (c. 4500–3500 BC)
Usatovo culture (c. 3500–3000 BC)