Poltavka culture
Early to middle Bronze Age archaeological culture of the middle Volga / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Poltavka culture (Russian: Полтавкинская культура, romanized: Poltavkinskaya kul'tura) was an early to middle Bronze Age archaeological culture which flourished on the Volga-Ural steppe and the forest steppe in 2800—2100 BCE.[1]
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Geographical range | Russia, Kazakhstan |
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Period | Bronze Age |
Dates | c. 2800 BCE – 2100 BCE |
Preceded by | Yamnaya culture |
Followed by | Potapovka culture, Abashevo culture, Sintashta culture, Srubnaya culture. |
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The Poltavka culture emerged as an eastern outgrowth of the Yamnaya culture, neighboring the Catacomb culture, another Yamnaya successor, in the west. It has been considered ancestral to later cultures that are identified as Indo-Iranian.[2] The Poltavka culture influenced the later emergence of the Potapovka culture, Abashevo culture, Sintashta culture and Srubnaya culture.