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Contested places tagged “kurgan”

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🇺🇦 Ukraine · Kurgan

Dereivka (Sredny Stog / Dereivka site)

Eneolithic Chalcolithic; Sredny Stog · Dnieper-Donets → Sredny Stog → Yamnaya

Sredny Stog river village and cemetery (4500–3500 BCE) with Telegin settlement, copper awls and famed Dereivka stallion bit-wear controversy — Yamnaya forerunner.