The emergence of Bronze Age chariots in eastern Europe

200634 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Pavel Kuznetsov · Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education

Abstract

The author presents new radiocarbon dates for chariot burials found in the region between Europe and the Urals, showing them to belong to the twentieth-eighteenth centuries BCE. These early dates, which pre-empt the appearance of the war chariot in the Near East, are transforming the ancient history of Eurasia and the early Mediterranean civilisations, pointing to the Volga-Ural area as an important centre of innovation for early Europe.

Topics & Keywords

Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies Eurasian Exchange Networks

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Publication Details

Published in: Antiquity

Volume 80, Issue 309, pp. 638-645

DOI: 10.1017/s0003598x00094096

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