Novodanilovka group

Novodanilovka group

Geographical range	Lower Dnieper and the Pontic steppe in Ukraine
Period	Copper Age
Dates	ca. 4400–3800 BC
Preceded by	Sredny Stog culture
Followed by	Yamnaya culture

The Novodanilovka (Novodanylivka in Ukrainian) group, also called the Novodanilovka culture, was a Copper Age culture which flourished along the lower Dnieper and the steppes of Ukraine from c. 4400 BC to 3800 BC.

The Novodanilovka group is primarily defined by its small cemeteries and individual burials. These burials are characterized as flexed supine burials with orientation to east or northeast. The burials are similar to those of the Sredny Stog culture, but the burials are more elaborate with chambers of stone coverings. They are also distinguished by rich grave goods of flint, copper and stone weapons, and copper bracelets. It has been suggested that this is a reflection of an aristocratic element of the Sredny Stog culture, rather than a separate cultural group.

In the Kurgan hypothesis, the Novodanilovka group is often presented as the archetypical warlike patriarchal society of the early Indo-Europeans.

See also

• Suvorovo culture

Source

• Mallory, J. P.; Adams, Douglas Q. (1997). "Novodanilovka group". Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. Taylor & Francis. p. 395. ISBN 1884964982.
• Telegin, D. Y., Nechitaylo, A. L., Potekhina, I. D., Panchenko, Y. V. (2001). The Sredny Stog and the Novodanilovka Eneolithic Cultures of the Asov-Black Sea Regions (Srednestogovskaya i novodanilovskaya kultury eneolita Asovo-Chernomorskogo regiona). Lugansk: Shlyakh. In Russian.