Sredny Stog culture
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The Sredny Stog culture or Serednii Stih culture is a pre-Kurgan archaeological culture from the mid. 5th – mid. 4th millennia BC. It is named after the Dnieper river islet of today's Serednii Stih, U
Sredny Stog culture
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
Sredny Stog culture
…in flat graves (ground level pits) has been found. This parallels the practice of the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture. It is in contrast with the later Yamnaya culture, which practiced tumuli burials. In Sredny Stog culture, the deceased were laid to rest on their backs, with the legs flexed. The use of ochre in the…
Yamnaya culture
A Yamnaya culture grave, Volgograd Oblast
Usatovo culture (c. 3500–3000 BC)