The culture of Cernavoda, circa 4000 a. C.-3200 a. C., is a late archeological culture of the Chalcolithic of the low course of the rivers Bug and Danube located along the coast of the Black Sea and in a certain way in the interior. It takes its name from the Romanian city of Cernavodă.
It happened and occupied the same area of the Gulmenite culture of the beginnings of the Neolithic.
Description
It was characterized by fenced settlements located in elevations.
The pottery shares characteristics with the one found more to the east in the steppes. The burials are similar to the furthest from the east.
Within the context of the Kurgan hypothesis, it seems a kurganized hybrid culture combined with the oldest non-Indo-European and Indo-European elements. It is considered part of the "Balkan-Danubian complex" which extends over an entire stretch of the upper course of the river, and enters the northern German Elbe and forms part of the culture of Baden. The Northeast portion is known as the ancient culture of Usatovo.
In later times, the region is linguistically Dacia and Thracian. Sources
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