Pages: 353-363
This article is in Russian
The article discusses the new concept of the genesis of Bronze Age cultures of southern regions in Eastern Europe, which is viewed through the prism of modern concepts of early stages of the region’s metallurgy history. These concepts are based on the analysis of a large number of new finds of metal items. The evolution of kinds and types of metal products, their change and spreading through time and space were used as markers of cultural process in southern regions of Eastern Europe, from Cucuteni-Trypillia culture to Corded Ware cultures — Yamnaya and later Babino, Srubnaya, Sabatinovka and Belogrudovka, from the second half of 5th to 1st mill. BC.
Keywords: Eastern Europe, Cucuteni-Trypillia, Eneolithic Age, Bronze Age, metallurgy history, genesis of Bronze Age cultures
Information about author:
Viktor Klochko (Kyiv, Ukraine). Doctor habilitat of History. National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”. Skovoroda St., 2, Kyiv, 04070, Ukraine
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-7557-3829