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The emergence of Bronze Age chariots in eastern Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

P.F. Kuznetsov
P.F. Kuznetsov*
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*Samara State Pedagogical University (Email: kpf58@sama.ru)
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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.

Keywords

Bronze Ageeastern European steppeschariotsburial riteradiocarbon dates
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Research
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Antiquity , Volume 80 , Issue 309 , 1 September 2006 , pp. 638 - 645
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2006

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