Early contact between late farming and pastoralist societies in southeastern Europe

" cultural exchange & biological interactions of many genetically distinct people coming together .. as early as 5,400 to 6,500 years ago.

Due to this "melting pot" the #eneolithic was characterized by a number of innovations... such as wheels, wagon transportation and improved metal-working spread quickly into western #Europe and #CentralAsia.
#yamnaya #Cucuteni #archeology #copperage
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-ancient-dna-reveals-earliest-evidence.html

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-ancient-dna-reveals-earliest-evidence.html

Ancient DNA reveals the earliest evidence of the last massive human migration to Western Europe

#dna #genetics #farming #pastoralism #CopperAge

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-power-copper-age-ivory-lady.html

The power of the Copper Age 'Ivory Lady' revealed

#archeology #copperage

The next highlight of the Kiel Conference 2023 #KielScales23 is coming up. In 30 minutes the keynote by Leonardo García Sanjuán (University of #Seville) will start in the Klaus Murmann Lecture Hall. Its title: "Environment, Aggregation and Monumentality in Early Complex Societies: The Case of Valencina (Spain) (c. 3200-2300 BC)." More info 👉

https://events.kielconference23.smart-abstract.com/#/event/43234

#archaeology #environment #monumentality #Valencina #palaeoecology #copperage #megasite

In 1998, a copper hoard from the 4th millennium BC was found near Neuenkirchen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany). In his master's thesis, #ClusterROOTS member Henry Skorna examined the far-reaching connections of the Neuenkirchen find ensemble and the context of the site. The thesis is now available online at #SidestonePress:
https://www.sidestone.com/books/the-life-and-journey-of-neolithic-copper-objects
#archaeology #stoneage #copperage #chalcolithic #neolithic

Owl-shaped plaques may have been created by Copper Age children as toys – study | The Independent
#CopperAge
#OwlShapedPlaques

It had previously been thought that the plaques had ritualistic significance and represented deities or the dead.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/children-spain-portugal-owl-b2237074.html

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2022-12-owl-shaped-plaques-copper-age-children.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2022-12-owl-shaped-plaques-copper-age-children.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com@twitter.com: https://twitter.com/physorg_com/status/1598346226038181890#m

Owl-shaped plaques may have been on #CopperAge #children's wish list @nresearchnews @SciReports https://phys.org/news/2022-12-owl-shaped-plaques-copper-age-children.html

@R I just read an article about the #Chalcolithic #VarnaCulture, and I'm blindsided by a substantial #CopperAge European Black Sea culture with such early, developed and ornate metallurgy, the subject of hypotheses of a stratified society mining and serving "elite men," buried in treasure rooms of a necropolis wearing gold penis sheathes and potentially connecting the lower Volga peoples to the Cyclades. Now sunken beneath the sea.

It all feels a bit Robert E. Howard. 😂

This Archeological Discovery Changed Everything

https://youtu.be/3hpoe81gGKE

#Archeology #Ötzi #Iceman #CopperAge