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TheBeakerLady
20 июл., 02:26
This informative chart by Guus Kroonen et al. illustrates how several agricultural terms underwent semantic shifts during different stages of early Indo-European development. Something that stands out is that these roots originally had broader meanings in Basal Indo-European (also known as Proto-Indo-Anatolian), such as “crush,” “scatter,” “field,” or “granule”. Field, for example, is a vague term that could have referred to either a place to plant or pasture land for herding animals.On the chart we can see the proposed development of more specialized agricultural meanings like “plow,” “sow,” “cultivated field,” or “cereal” in later stages. Some of these innovations only occur in the European branches. These findings imply that early Indo-European speakers possessed only a limited agricultural vocabulary. The current data provided suggested that agriculture was present in a limited
TheBeakerLady
19 июл., 17:27
Artistic Reconstruction of a Yamnaya man by AncientEuropeans2. Shared with permission.Source Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/Da4eTMJDOYs/
TheBeakerLady
16 июл., 03:46
Image of artifacts of the Abashevo culture. Abashevo was a descendant of the Fatyanovo–Balanovo culture with influences from the Yamnaya derived Poltavka culture. They are the ancestors of the Srubnaya and the Sintashta.Image Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Treasure_-_Abashevo_culture_-_The_Museum_of_History_and_Archeology_of_the_Urals.jpgImage description translated from Russian:“Verkhne-Kyzilovsky treasure. Maly Kizil River. Chelyabinsk region. Abashev culture. XVIII-XVII centuries BC. Bronze Age: hryvnias, bracelets, pendants, knives, sickles, chisels, spear tip, pot.Casting mold for casting 5 sickles. Novo-Pavlovsky mine. Chelyabinsk region. Abashev culture. XVIII-XVII centuries BC. Bronze Age.Sverdlovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore. Museum of History and Archaeology of the Urals.”
TheBeakerLady
26 июн., 03:12
German Corded Ware burialPhoto by Dguendel (licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license).Link to original photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egeln,_die_Wasserburg,_Museum,_schnurkeramisches_Hockergrab.jpg
TheBeakerLady
23 мая, 22:58
Artistic reconstruction of a man from the Abashevo culture. This was a redo of a past work. There were some artistic liberties taken on his headband and neck ring. The headband was inspired by a Russian anthropological bust of this same skull. While the neck ring was based on some research I found about torc like artifacts from Abashevo. Unfortunately Ido not have phenotype data on Abashevo so I choose pigmentation that was seen in early Corded Ware groups.
TheBeakerLady
10 мая, 22:10
переслано из @maptism
An example of the Beaker Type (Flat Occiput and tall head)
TheBeakerLady
6 мая, 19:33
переслано из @sapphiregnm
Facial reconstruction of a 5,200-year-old Yamnaya man from Volgograd regionI. V. Sinitsyn excavated a large kurgan containing 25 burials from different cultures; of these, two belonged to the Yamnaya culture. Burial 22 (the reconstructed individual) was likely the main one. Based on the grave construction, burial rite, and the form and decoration of a vessel, Sinitsyn considered burial 22 to be the earliest not only in this kurgan but in the local Yamnaya culture.In burial 22, a skeleton lay on its back in an oval pit with strongly bent legs. Near the head stood a clay vessel decorated with complex patterns of wavy and dotted bands. The skeleton was heavily covered with red ochre.The skull from this burial belonged to a male no older than 18–20 years. Despite its considerable absolute size, it does not give an impression of massiveness; the facial skeleton is distinctly gracile. Th
TheBeakerLady
6 мая, 01:43
Artistic Reconstruction of an Andronovo man from Kazakhstan. Clothing patterns were inspired by Andronovo pottery patterns. I have done an artistic reconstruction referencing this skull before but wanted to improve accuracy and realism.Source of skull reference is from this paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361084568_Solodovnikov_KN_A_complex_study_of_anthropological_materials_of_the_Maitan_burial_ground_of_the_Bronze_Age_Alakul_Culture_in_Central_Kazakhstan
TheBeakerLady
27 апр., 21:50
переслано из @maptism
Corded Ware and Bell Beaker site Heatmaps It is noteworthy that in Central Germany, and Bohemia, Corded and Beaker coexisted until the Unetice Culture formed. However in Southwest Germany and Bavaria, Corded and Beaker sites are mutually exclusiveSampling Biases: For Bell Beaker in some parts of Iberia (such as Catalunia), otherwise accurate.For Corded Ware in Eastern Europe: there are likely more in the Baltic, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia; However not on a scale that would match Germany, Czechia, Denmark and Poland, so the overall image would not change dramatically.
TheBeakerLady
16 апр., 02:53
The topic of the role of agriculture in reconstructed PIE is an interesting topic in my opinion. Many linguists believe PIE speakers had some limited knowledge of agriculture (even though pastoralism was the main economy).Many Sredny Stog settlements, such as Dereivka, are believed have not been permanently inhabited. It is proposed that Sredny Stog populations had some periods of mobility (but not full on steppe nomadism like Yamnaya) and some periods of settlement. When settled, agriculture would have been small-scale (maybe to supplement their diets and/or feed their animals). In conclusion, I believe the role of agriculture in Sredny Stog fits well with what we know about agriculture in reconstructed Proto-Indo- European society.Papers cited in the post: https://www.academia.edu/19575239/Early_Eneolithic_in_the_Pontic_Steppe and
TheBeakerLady
2 апр., 03:23
This Abashevo associated bronze spearhead seems to have been purposely bent and may have been a votive offering. In addition it may of been evidence of specialized and standardized metal working production in Abashevo and related cultures.Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/400075928_KOVANYJ_NAKONECNIK_KOPA_IZ_S_MILOVKA_I_NEKOTORYE_VOPROSY_ABASEVSKOJ_METALLOOBRABOTKI
TheBeakerLady
22 мар., 20:23
переслано из @maptism
Earliest Corded Ware areas, preparation work for the CWC-Yamnaya Animation. Discerning the earliest areas of Corded Ware is tricky, due to the chronological overlap of different phases, and outlier dates not corresponding to when the majority of dates occur. For example, in central germany, it is possible that Corded Ware was present in 3000, or shortly after, but the majority of the c14 dates are from 2600bc onward.The Baltics stand out as an exceptionally early area, the c14 dates in finland are equally early, most being around 2900bc.
TheBeakerLady
18 февр., 02:09
Cool tool to look up samples by Y haplogroup or mtdna subclade: https://www.exploreyourdna.com/Tools/HaplogroupExplorerExplore Your DNAHaplogroup Explorer - Genetic Ancestry AnalysisExplore Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups across 32,000+ ancient DNA samples. Visualize migration patterns on an interactive map with a chronological timeline.TheBeakerLady
16 февр., 17:11
переслано из @maptism
TheBeakerLady
16 февр., 17:11
переслано из @maptism
The Andronovo Culture. Posted this map earlier on my main, however here is a clearer version. What is interesting to me is the distribution pattern along the Tian-Shan, definetly related to the fact that Andronovans were in search of Tin and Copper.I wasn't able to find enough on Tazabagyab unfortunately, so it isn't included in the map.
TheBeakerLady
1 янв., 15:45
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Genetic breakdown of Iron Age Italics. P-value : 0.453 44.68% Italy_Central_N.SG 28.98% Western Steppe Herders 26.34% Globular Amphora Culture https://t.me/sapphiregnm
TheBeakerLady
14 дек. 2025 г., 23:12изменён
Some information about Sredny Stog burials from "Characteristics and chronology of Sredny Stog Culture" by Dmytro Telegin.Translated quotes: "The deceased were placed on their backs with the legs bent at the knees and raised upward. The hands usually lay on the lower part of the abdomen (fig. 8). Most burials were oriented toward the east, though not infrequently toward the south or north."“Burials were predominantly individual; there were three paired burials and one collective grave consisting of five individuals. Almost all burials show traces of sprinkling with red ochre. Near five skeletons, large knives or daggers were found.”Image below is of a paired burial from the Alexandria site of the Sredny Stog culture.
TheBeakerLady
8 нояб. 2025 г., 14:12
переслано из @genoshistoria
Steppe Pastoralists mostly belonged to the same basic mtDNA haplogroups as Neolithic European farmers.
TheBeakerLady
20 окт. 2025 г., 22:55
переслано из @maptism
Yamnaya WIP.
TheBeakerLady
14 окт. 2025 г., 10:02
переслано из @maptism
After 1600bc, the Babino Culture would be pushed out of most of the Steppe by another Culture, which had the same ancestor of Abashevo, the Srubnaya Culture. Babino groups were forced to reorganize into a new culture, the Noua-Sabatinovka-Coslogeni(-radovanu) Complex. The Srubnaya Invasion forced them westward into Transylvania and Mutenia as well as the slopes of the carpathians, destroying the previous Monteoru Culture, which was in deep continuity with the Cernavoda II Culture since 3200bc, and was possibly related to Anatolians such as Luwians and Hittites.The NSC Complex was later replaced by the Belegis II Channeled ware Complex in 1300bc, contributing almost no ancestry to later groups, thus constituting complete annihilation from the lands west of the Dniester. The Channeled ware complex was possibly Para-Dacothracian, or Dacothracian directly. In 1000bc Dacothracians Proper
