The impact of male burials on the construction of Corded Ware identity: Reconstructing networks of information in the 3rd millennium BC.

ABSTRACT: The emergence of Corded Ware Groups throughout Europe in the 3rd millennium BC is one of the most defining events in European history. From the Wolga to the Rhine communities start to speak Indo-European languages and bury their dead in an extremely similar fashion. Recent ancient DNA-analyses identify a massive migration from the Eurasian steppe as the prime cause for this event. However, there is a fundamental difference between expressing a Corded Ware identity-the sharing of world views and ideas-and having a specific DNA-profile. Therefore, we argue that investigating the exchange of cultural information on burial rites between these communities serves as a crucial complement to the exchange of biological information. By adopting a practice perspective to 1161 Corded Ware burials thro

SUBMITTER: Bourgeois Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5638321 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature