Samara culture in the context of Yamna culture


Samara culture in the context of Yamna culture

⭐ Core Definition: Samara culture

The Samara culture is an Eneolithic (Copper Age) culture dating to the turn of the 5th millennium BCE, at the Samara Bend of the Volga River (modern Russia). The Samara culture is regarded as related to contemporaneous or subsequent prehistoric cultures of the Pontic–Caspian steppe, such as the Khvalynsk, Repin and Yamna (or Yamnaya) cultures.

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Samara culture in the context of Khvalynsk culture

52°44′29″N 49°33′05″E / 52.741254°N 49.551376°E / 52.741254; 49.551376

The Khvalynsk culture is a Middle Copper Age Eneolithic culture (c. 4900 – 3500 BCE) of the middle Volga region. It takes its name from Khvalynsk in Saratov Oblast. It was preceded by the Early Eneolithic Samara culture.

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