Wagon Driving Warriors of the Bronze Age Steppe: The Catacomb Culture

[@DanDavisHistory]

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[@Pirrata123]

Thank you, for your Content! Short, but brilliant! 👍🏼

[@levongevorgyan6789]

Have you heard of the Lepenski Vir culture? They built fish statues and may have predated the Cucuteni.

[@uxb1112]

Thank you for not succumbing to the horrible and slavish "BCE" nomenclature. I believe it will soon disappear, leaving only a bad taste in the mouth and a permanent record of all those who used it. As we are not the side of the "cancel culture" they will not be "cancelled" but history will remember them and they will not be treated kindly.

[@yanina.korolko]

👍 liked

[@vikingtimbo]

Yeah we definitely need a Srubnaya video. And an Abashevo one too, I know you'll get there soon enough ;-)

[@EasytheGoon]

i think i've learned more about European bronze age from this channel than anywhere else. top notch as always!

[@jeebusk]

I've learned more in the last 15m 😅

[@TheColombiano89]

*Indo-European* the Iranian tribes

[@wulfgar88-10]

The bronze age is Def one of my favorites. And I also have learned most of what I know from this channel. It's cool to get the facts, even when they are not so pretty. Which most of history was not.

[@JoesWebPresence]

This WAS top notch. Perhaps the best video yet.

[@plasmapanasonic4741]

Surivive the jive is also a good resource.

[@DanDavisHistory]

One thing I meant to talk more about was the burials of various types of professionals - people buried with the tools of their trade. There were metal workers buried with their tools. There were artists buried with pigment pots, and grinders, etc. And there were priests who were buried with objects for making clay masks for example and with grinding stones. There were people buried with special ritual knives and hooks likely related to sacrifices for the burial ritual. In fact, most of the artefacts were related to the burial ritual rather than to every day life. The many burials with small grinding stones leads researchers to believe these were used for grinding special substances to be used in the burial ritual. And this preparation of sacred substances has been linked to the preparation of "soma" the ritual concoction of the Indo-Aryans. Another reason why archeologists have linked the Catacomb to the Indo-Aryans. As I said in the video I expect it's as much about these practices emerging through interactions and shared beliefs that direct ancestry. I could have spoken about these people for hours. I must make a follow up video soon, if there's interest

[@kaitnip]

Yes, there is interest! You make the subject more accessible while still remaining factual and up to date with the published research.

[@aidanmacdougall9250]

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[@TheEvertw]

Yes, please! These peoples are fascinating!

[@magnafrisia3787]

Ofcourse there is interest! Great work again mr davis!

[@EasytheGoon]

do it.

[@VFella]

What I find intriguing is the fact that while the Yamnaya were roaming the steppes, further south the Sumerians were starting to build their civilization, with all the bells and whistles of what we consider a proper "civilization" nowadays. There must, forcibly, have been trade and other types of relations between both (and any other groups of people in both areas and the rest of the Eurasian continent). It must have been a Time of High Adventure

[@mikloscsuvar6097]

Indeed. Iron get better with C(h)rom.

[@prenticefaber9626]

A fellow Conan fan, I assume.

[@HieiUA]

In Kamyana Mohyla there're quite interesting markings on the stones. I remember when one of the teachers at the university mentioned that there is a hypothesis that some of the markings are cuneiform. But now it won't be possible to verify that (((. Also, in 2020, there was a study by scientists from Great Britain, Russia and Ukraine. They analyzed the genome of people buried in the mounds, and they supposedly found a few Sumerians there. But because of the war, the entire expedition had to be curtailed. There're published materials, it is called "A genomic history of the North Pontic Region from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age". You can find more specific information there. I just came across this work, I did not read it, I only heared from colleagues

[@righteousviking]

"But if all you want is to come to fight, we have the graves of our fathers. Come on, find these and try to destroy them: you shall know then whether we will fight you." - Idanthyrsus, King of the Scythians

[@numba1-fy2of]

Never forget your ancestors

[@eliannafreely5725]

@@numba1-fy2of згадай як ти народився

[@k.m.clarke]

“…but what happened on the Pontic steppe between the late Neolithic/early Bronze Age Yamnaya culture, and the Iron Age Scythians?” This is something I have asked myself for a very, very long time. Thank you for enlightening us Dan!

[@askarufus7939]

Same!

[@Max_History83]

There were other cultures know as Sabatinovka culture on North Black sea reagion (which contains smaller influencing cultures as Gava-Goligrady culture and Noa culture). After them in 9th centure BC came first know by the name Cimmerians who was replaced later by Scythians in 7th century BC.

[@NoName-hl8wb]

Your channel has helped me so many times to get great ideas for RPG scenarios or finish fleshing out current ones

[@notmyname9625]

Cousin?

[@oo2free]

So this is where and when the Kurgan from The Highlander hailed from. Great job. I perceive a maturation of your knowledge and the quality of content in each effort.

[@notmyname9625]

Wasn’t that conan the barbarian not highlander? Been a long time since i seen either so i could be totally wrong here

[@oo2free]

@@notmyname9625 Highlander hit me like a ton of bricks, so it is unforgettable. I was a little disappointed it was Highlander rather than the Welsh Warrior, his Celtic Fringe cousin, but hey, a Celt is a Celt is a Celt, the largest ethnic group in America, and he was the hero.

[@notmyname9625]

@@oo2free so i take it im wrong then. Who was the bad guy in conan?

[@oo2free]

@@notmyname9625 He was the Snake cult leader who morphed into a giant snake. I'm not sure the writer had the full knowledge of the symbolism he was using, but that was actually a deep rabbit hole.

[@notmyname9625]

@@oo2free oh really? Wow i dont remember that movie at all i guess. That is strangely accurate for such a notoriously historically inaccurate movie tho. Snake cults and symbology in general were actually pretty prevelant in ancient times

[@30035XD]

What a gorgeous day when Dan is back with another video! Love you man! Best channel on youtube!

[@Strattios]

I love hearing detailed information about lesser known cultures, and your videos are always a great way to learn. Lots of good information with a wonderful presentation.

[@nor4205]

It almost doesn't matter how many times I see a video on the Yamnaya culture or the whole bronze age in general, I just eat this stuff up! Please do make more videos, I love your channel!

[@mydknight357]

Another excellent presentation Dan. You really have a knack for making these ancient cultures come alive. I consider myself relatively well informed on these topics but I learn things that I did not previously know every time I watch one of your videos. Well done Sir.

[@jamesleonard2870]

Same here! Lots of great information that is logically ordered and tried together. And the slides are fantastic! A cut above! 🌊🏄‍♂️🏄‍♀️

[@DanDavisHistory]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@CKNate1]

Fantastic as always. It makes me think about those families and their wagons and the love of vehicles. I’m sure those men loved them as much as I love my truck, I get a little bit of a sense of the experience when I’m camping. And I can imagine that cultural attraction transferring to boats and ships later on. Just a thought…. Keep it up!

[@jamesleonard2870]

Totally agree! However I can’t help but imagine these guys treated their women folk abysmally =\ hopefully I’m wrong 🌊🏄‍♀️🏄‍♂️

[@76rjackson]

​@@jamesleonard2870Indo European women were formidable and free. At the extreme end they even went to war equally with their men in some cultures.

[@76rjackson]

I could totally relate to the grave having a wheel in each corner and the body lying as if in the bed of the wagon. No doubt the youngsters would eagerly help their elders construct new wagons so they could go off raiding in the old family wagon. You can almost here them bantering with their buddies, "She's got a wobbly rear axle but the chassis is solid!"

[@SA2004YG]

​@jamesleonard2870 drinking too much cool aid my guy

[@Zaeyrus]

New Dan Davis video, this Sunday automatically got better!

[@Robert-i2d4u]

This is a great video. What an excellent peace. I am a fan.

[@nowornever1377]

Best history channel

[@gregoryheers2633]

Your videos on the prehistoric steppe (Yamnaya, Sintashta, first riders/chariots, and now this) are really the best out there! These ancestral cultures have captured my imagination! Untold centuries of life and death, hidden under the veil of the past... and Dan Davis draws the veil to give us a glimpse. (I love your fiction, too!)

[@johngavin1175]

33:50 Awesome. Learned something new from your video. Would Illyrian,Thracian,and Dacian have emerged from the Catacomb Culture as well? I suppose that it could be hard to answer,given the sparseness of those languages. Hails and cheers from Florida,the Dumbshine State.

[@jakobo88]

Dude your channel is the best in ancient history... the most detailed and well put together. You just need to release more content.

[@xAlexZifko]

At least he understands quality first

[@rickshaw296]

Love these cultural videos! Keep em coming!

[@shafqatmansoor9704]

Fascinating deep dive into the Bronze Age Steppe! The History Documentary really captures the essence of how this era shaped civilizations across Europe and Asia. It's incredible to see how the Steppe culture influenced so much, from early innovations in metallurgy to the rise of nomadic tribes that spread language, trade, and new technologies. This documentary does an excellent job of piecing together archaeological findings with historical context, making the Bronze Age Steppe feel alive and impactful even today!

[@tobystewart4403]

That was a fantastic exposition. Please do more!

[@DensApri]

Excellent presentation as always, the more videos the better!

[@waqasusmans]

Another fantastic video. No sensational, distracting music, good research and storytelling!

[@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods]

Dan, I love your output, including your very relevant posts and reposts on Twitter. I appreciate the way you help connect us with the lives of our ancestors!

[@brett-lothian]

Cannabis seeds have only the tiniest amount of thc, and the smoke is absolutely horrid. More likely flowers were used for rights and ceremonies. The seeds are very nutritious however.

[@goodnight3663]

that's why they're legal

[@freefall9832]

They burned buds that contained seed. Fun time all around.

[@brett-lothian]

@@freefall9832 if you like the smell and taste of burning plastic lol. These people knew plants far better than the average modern person, I think they knew better.

[@michaelfritts6249]

​​@@brett-lothianthey likely knew enough about the plant to understand that the "wild" plants with seeds had the properties they sought. I doubt that they had the agricultural expertise to know that separating the female plants from the males and cultivating them separately, culling and removing the male cannabis from the area to prevent pollination would develop sinsimilla. Corn and potatoes that we eat today took years of cultivation.. selection of traits that produced varieties more beneficial to our needs. "De-seeding" was still a "thing" in the 1970's. I doubt the Yamnaya were "connoisseurs" Some folks are willing to use ayahuasca knowing that they will like experience projectile vomiting or uncontrollable diarrhea. Throwing female cannibis on the fire and not avoiding the plumes of smoke was likely a "take it or leave it" option.. so they took it. Be well!! 😀

[@brett-lothian]

@@michaelfritts6249 well they were agriculturalists as well as pastoralists. And probably smarter than the average person today as brain size has only continued to diminish with our increasing domestication of our selves. It really would not take a genius to work out the female flowers were more effective. Just trial and error.

[@victorw_nderer]

Fascinating! definitely more bronze cultures

[@DestinationBarbarism]

Thank you! Your videos are amazing! These periods and these topics are so difficult to line out and at the same time extremely interesting!

[@DillonNicholls]

Rlly appreciate how u made such a clear explanation of how each culture leads to the next

[@jabberwoke1]

Love your videos. You've done more to stoke my curiosity than the vast majority of youtubers out there.

[@neutronshiva2498]

Its always a delight to watch new video of Dan talking about theese fascinating ancient peoples.

[@michaelfritts6249]

The leaf of cannibis would be turned to ash. The seed of the plant, just like any other plant, produced seeds that often resisted low temperature fire. Like many "wildfire" prone regions, the seeds may remain viable due to their protective shell. Small detail. Great Video!! Your histories and narratives are awesome! Be Well!! 👍😀

[@kirkkiffner754]

This should be a good one

[@BARBARYAN.]

I would love to see a video on the various hairstyles and beard braids our ancient European ancestors practiced :)

[@DanDavisHistory]

I have a video on bronze age hairstyles

[@BARBARYAN.]

@@DanDavisHistory Thanks

[@ruththinkingoutside.707]

Perfect start to the day! I needed this today 😋 Thanks Dan!! As always, you make awesome content on topics that I don’t typically see mentioned elsewhere.. it’s fascinating.. and greatly appreciated!! Another one for the rewatch list!

[@archaicanarch5567]

Outstanding vid, Dan!

[@PennyWoo-rr6io]

such an underrated channel, it's a shame the algorithm ignores the highest quality content and promotes the brain rot

[@namelessentity5851]

So happy to have found your channel! Though the Sumerians are a fascinating topic, I already know a fair amount about the bronze age in the ancient near east and Mediterranean, but little concerning the same era, and prior, in Europe and the Steppes. I now have a veritable treasure trove of videos to immerse myself in. Keep up the great work!!!

[@DanDavisHistory]

Thank you 🙏

[@Widsith83]

Yes! Back to the bronze age! Thank you.👏👍

[@liennitram9291]

Amazing video. Knowing these were probably some of my ancestors just fascinates me.

[@JIMMY-THE-JEW-FROM-PHILLY]

Thanks! I recently read, The Horse, The Wheel and Language !

[@iblendallday]

I ride the train when I'm home in North East Romania and just gaze through the window for hours as its very slow,I can tell you this mounds are everywhere,close and far,they have heights of around 10m from the ground level and I've stopped telling people what they are as they think I'm crazy when I do it.

[@xAlexZifko]

I was curious if this culture would have been related to the Roma/gypsys

[@pomicultorul]

thank you for your research and the flawless presentation!

[@jeffbartlett8565]

The best channel that puts the pieces together

[@benmcseveny7067]

A super rich presentation of a resourceful, inventive and dynamic culture - and of Bronze Age Eurasia for that matter. Developing a prototype for the first martial superweapon is quite the CV entry. Great vid. It's like classic Dan Davis but with upgraded visuals and a trove of explanatory notes - certainly a treat for long time listeners. Awesome work, as ever. Thank you

[@TheCharlaton]

The original coomers Great video, as always! Love your work.

[@henrikkiss3805]

It was amazing to listhen! We need Srubnayeah of course!

[@alicefreist318]

Thanks! These people and the Scythians fascinate me, probably because I've loved horses and everything about them since I was very young.

[@crowvii]

Every video you make gets better and better!!! I absolutely love your work and I appreciate learning from you

[@TheImmortalArt]

DAN! You make good videos!

[@TheImmortalArt]

P.S. I hope we can in the future have some kind of collaboration, or at least art dialogues that I'm doing with fellow KZbinrs, podcasters, artists, historians, researchers...

[@Faelani38]

I love your vids. they really bring these people to life.

[@telebubba5527]

Now that was really interesting. The first time I've with everything brought into a larger context. I've saved the page as a bookmark and hope to rewatch it again in the future. Thank you very much.

[@eh1702]

Very meaty and interesting. A lot to absorb in one session. I’ll probably watch this again. Thanks!

[@DorchesterMom]

Excellent! Thank you ❤

[@jeremyjacobite7630]

As always, you created another great documentary, Dan.

[@S.J.L]

You make some of the best videos on the subject. I'm working on a full length video on Indo European religion and culture and would like to use a few screenshots from your work.

[@papamikiri]

Always so interesting and compelling, perfect for a drive or just a moment of stillness. Definitely good to listen to on a Sunday, though I caught this one late today. Cheers, great work, as usual!

[@zacharymcmullen9444]

Absolutely adore this channel and greatly admire your work, Dan! :) I can't help but draw a pattern with the clay masks of the Ingul with that of the much-later practice of 'jus imaginum' in ancient Roman society, especially in early Rome: as far I can recall, it was prohibited to keep portraits of people who had not held important positions in the city’s administration. Now, though I say 'portraits', these depictions were not done with frescoes, nor would they resemble what would follow in the later centuries of empire a lá the Faiyum portraits: they were wax likenesses of the famous ancestor shaped and molded so that is was in essence a effigial bust of them--eerily similar to that of the Ingul here in the video. I know the above is wild conjecture, but, there's something haunting-yet-harmonious about two Indo-European societies, separated by thousands of miles and thousands of years, retaining elements of shared practices.

[@DanDavisHistory]

Yes and there were clay death masks made by later steppe people like the Tashtyk.

[@TheSto400]

great video dan! a video about the srubnaya would be much appreciated. thanks for all your great output, loved the el cid episode too!

[@grubbythefarmer2417]

I love your videos about early European people. Especially the Yamnaya, they're my favorite.

[@user-wk1mw9nj3i76]

Fascinating. Please do more on these groups of people; we’ve had so little access to information about them over the years.

[@basilbrushbooshieboosh5302]

I'll watch every one a your vids Dan, whatever the topic. Love them

[@KevinSmith-yh6tl]

Fascinating as always.

[@andresaltosaar9317]

Another banger! Thanks for this, Dan!

[@user-td3yi1mq7p]

Great science communication and an interesting subject. I really appreciate the way you explain things by starting with the evidence and going through the reasoning behind the theories you present.

[@cecileroy557]

SUCH AN EXCELLENT CHANNEL!!!!

[@aidanmacdougall9250]

Love all your videos, got onto you from a recommendation from the prehistory guys 👍😊

[@eric1752]

I would love to see a video of yours on the Srubnaya Culture. Excellent video as always. Thank you.

[@AhyZdalph]

Thank you for your fantastic videos. I look forward to your "late bronze age" video.

[@albertocalore5852]

Dall'Italia: Complimenti per il video molto completo e preciso. TOP!!!!

[@pedromayallguilayn507]

I wait for your next vídeo. Excellent work, really apprexcated

[@jennaforesti]

Thanks for this interesting video. Please do film a video on the timber grave culture. (Sorry, having trouble with the spelling of the other name.) PS. It's lovely to see plants showing up in the archeological records - finally.... 😊

[@nathanfleischman9856]

The Srubnaya culture definitely deserve a video.

[@TheColombiano89]

Great documentary. The Iranian tribes are super interesting

[@peterhodges6808]

Awesome Dan. Can't wait for the Srubnaya video!

[@personaltrainingstudy6277]

I can’t wait to see how all of this information might be incorporated into the rest of the Gods of Bronze series! It has very quickly become one of my all time favorites.

[@waynebird6062]

Found this very interesting even at my age Thank you I missed the name you said if you want to listen too the next one but yes please

[@roberthiorns7584]

Another fine Vid Dan. Love the Cartography, Keep me escaping please. Kind regards, Robert. 👍.

[@3yearwinter]

You truly are a treasure, thank you and I'm so happy to see you succeed. Been here since the very first video you did. And of course we would like to see an episode about the Srubnaya :) - your videos are unmatched in explaining and narrating this complicated and fascinating ancient world.

[@DanDavisHistory]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@mudgetheexpendable]

An excellent documentary. I'm still a bit slack-jawed over the existence of whole-genome data that offers so much precise descent information can be accessed.

[@Wiwaz]

i love this channel

[@DrewBlue32]

I could listen to your history stuff for days.

[@leonvoelker7639]

Very nice.

[@bc7138]

I missed this last week, but it was worth the wait. Fantastic content about little explored topics about prehistory.

[@DanDavisHistory]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. I need to do a follow up soon on a specific site I didn't have time to fit in.

[@bc7138]

​@@DanDavisHistorylooking forward to it, as well as any future videos on the Srubnaya culture.

[@mouradsabri4869]

I really would love to learn more about Srubnaya Culture. And thanks for explaining the relationship between the different sub-branches of the IE/II languages.

[@willbass2869]

Great job explaining the successions of the various Pontic - Caspian groups. Please carry on with the Srubnaya culture next; especially onteractions with groups farther East.

[@erikgruber9736]

Excellent like always

[@dreamok732]

Thankyou. A very interesting video. You must have done a lot of work in the literature sorting out for us the geological and historical patchwork of these related cultures. It is the societies and their artifacts that are the most immediately intriguing but also I would be interested to hear a bit more about the development and relationships of the male and female DNA lines of these cultures. Changes parallel to the cultural progressions. Please don't think I am complaining, not at all! It seems DNA inheritances are rarely detailed in the same literature that deals with the classifications of pottery, graves &etc. Evidence of two different archaeological/academic cultures, lol. Repeat: a very interesting video. Thankyou.

[@xyz8512]

Excellent!

[@michaelferriss4594]

That was really good, I learned lots!

[@SheonEver]

I'd like to hear about the Shrubnaya culture -- I love this period of time, and it doesn't get nearly enough attention.

[@rands3966]

Great interesting video!!! Yes, I would like to see a video of the Srubnaya culture!!

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Another excellent video. These ancient cultures are so complex to pin down for us today, maybe if you add features that might help us ? Like blond hair , blue eyes, or Asian traits or proto Medes ? etc

[@starrmont4981]

Babe wake up, Dan Davis posted

[@IreneWY]

Brilliant, as always 😊

[@iblendallday]

There's one type of dough in north east Romania made from the flour of crushed cannabis seeds that our grandmothers use to gather before it was outlawed,as it was the plant that they let grow as a hedge out in the fields,and they used to bake it on the top of the stow and have it around Christmas time and it was extremely tasty and nutritious.its name is Jurfă (jurfah),and one could only have one or two the most before getting sleepy,and I know a time or two when ambulance came and picked up few grannys for having to much of it.

[@xAlexZifko]

Sounds wonderful, I've gotta try that some day

[@drakegod84]

Hi Dan!

[@Josephmalenab]

Excellent information new information thanks and cheers to you

[@magustrigger9195]

Really enjoyed it, thank you

[@mischezizza2712]

Dan your videos are really awesome to watch!! Thank you!!!!😎👍👀