Pages: 273-291

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Article treats the cultural and historical situation during the Late Eneolithic-Early Bronze Age, and the role of steppe pastoral populations in cultural transformations that took place in the world of early farmers (such as the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine, and areas to the west of it). Apparently, the population of Yamnaya (Pit Grave) culture, moving to the territory previously occupied by Tripolian tribes, was not related to the death of protocities. There is no reason to explain all the cultural changes in Europe during Paleometal epoch by the influx of new-comers — their causes could be quite varied. In this context, one should speak rather of the interaction of different cultures, influences of cultural and ideological traditions, which were manifested in the individual micro-regions in a variety of ways.

Keywords: Balkan-Carpathian region, Northern Black Sea Coast, Cucuteni-Tripolian culture, Budzhak Culture, Yamnaya cultural-historical community

Information about author:

Svetlana Ivanova (Odessa, Ukraine). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Pushkinskaia St., 37, Odessa, 65101, Ukraine
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