Archaeological culture · c. 2900–2300 BCE
Corded Ware culture
The Corded Ware culture spread across a vast area of northern, central and eastern Europe, from the Rhine to the Volga. Its people were farmers and herders who buried their dead in single graves, often with a stone battle-axe, amber beads and cord-decorated pots.
Genetic studies suggest it began when people related to the Yamnaya moved west and mixed with local farmers.
See Corded Ware culture on the map in 2900 BCE
- On the map
- 2900–2300 BCE
How we know
No writing existed; it is named after pottery decorated by pressing cord into wet clay and is dated by radiocarbon and ancient DNA studies.