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Globular Amphora Culture

3400 BC – 2800 BC
CultureEurope

A Central European culture named for its round-bodied storage pottery and a cattle-heavy pastoral economy across the North European Plain.

Genetic and archaeological evidence (a Polish mass grave) suggests its population was violently displaced as Corded Ware groups expanded into its territory in the mid-3rd millennium BC.

Borders in 3099 BC · drawn from 2 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Globular Amphora Culture — the shape you scrub through changes in 3400 BC · 3099 BC.

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