Wagon Drivers of the Bronze Age Steppe: The Catacomb Culture

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After the Yamnaya culture, the bronze age steppe was dominated by the Catacomb culture. Their fascinating burial tradition reveals a complex society of warriors and herders. Their kurgans or barrows covered the Pontic Steppe as did their cattle and ox-drawn wagons. They were bronze smiths, wagon builders, artists, and warriors. They may be the ancestors of the Mycenaeans of Ancient Greece and even influenced the later Indo-Iranian speakers of the steppes, like the Scythians, Cimmerians, and Saka. This is the story of the incredible Catacomb culture. *If you enjoy my videos please consider supporting the channel* Become a YouTube Channel Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUVwT8zcS5Z_rYXnpomlbfg/join Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dandavisauthor All my books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3xngwz5 *My Links* Website http://dandavisauthor.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dandavisauthor/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanDavisWrites Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dandavisauthor/ *Artwork* Ancient Europeans: https://x.com/ancient_euro3 The Beaker Lady: https://x.com/beaker_the12224 Ancestral Whispers: https://x.com/Sulkalmakh *Sources* The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age: https://amzn.to/3ZXIGh0 The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: https://amzn.to/3aD3Rhu The Origin of the Indo-Iranians: https://amzn.to/3YDE8Po The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age: https://amzn.to/3ZXIGh0 Crimes in the Past: Archaeological and Anthropological Evidence: https://amzn.to/4hoMMIS Economy and Social Organisation of Northern Pontic Steppe 2750-2000 BC. S.Z. Pustovalov, 2000 Relative and Absoloute Chronology of Yamnaya and Catacomb Monuments, Telegin, Pustovalov, Kovalyukh, 2003 Russian Fatyanovo Culture in Context, Nordqvist and Heyd, 2020 Chariots in the Eurasian Steppe, Stephan Lindner, 2020 Bronze Age Tattoos, Shishlina, Belkevich & Usachuk, 2011 The Catacomb Cultures Phenomenon, Vitaliy V. Otroshchenko, 2013 Fluted Maces in The System of Long-Distance Exchange Trails of The Bronze Age: 2350-800 BC, Klochko Et Al, 2002 Connections Between the Budzhak Culture And Central European Groups of the Corded Ware Culture, Svitlana Ivanova, 2013 Yamnaya, Catacomb, and Babyno culture cemeteries, Klochko et al, 2015 There's many more - I read 65 papers - so I will have to add them later or link to somewhere else with more space. The above includes affiliate links so we may make a small commission from your purchases at no additional cost to you which is a way to support the channel. *Video Chapters* 00:00 The Catacomb culture 04:18 The Yamnaya culture 07:40 Catacomb Origins 10:28 Catacomb Burial Custom 12:55 The First Wagons and Chariots 17:50 Catacomb Settlements 18:52 Population and Climate Change 20:50 Mycenaean Ancestors 22:52 Death Masks and Skull Binding 25:27 The Late Bronze Age Steppe 29:30 Indo-European Lineages and Branches 31:55 What Happened to the Catacomb Culture?