A vast Late Neolithic-to-early-Bronze-Age archaeological horizon spanning from the Rhine to the Volga, named for cord-impressed pottery decoration and associated with single-grave burials and battle-axes. Genetic studies link its emergence to a westward migration of Yamnaya-related steppe populations into late Neolithic Europe.
Regional descendants and successor cultures include Bell Beaker in the west, Únětice in Central Europe, and the Fatyanovo–Balanovo / Middle Dnieper groups in the east.
Standard synthesis of Corded Ware/Bell Beaker-era European Bronze Age society and exchange networks.
Covers the steppe ancestry (Yamnaya) behind the Corded Ware expansion.