Novodanilovka group

Pontic Steppe Caucasus East Asia Eastern Europe Northern Europe Pontic Steppe Northern/Eastern Steppe Europe South Asia Steppe Europe Caucasus India Indo-Aryans Iranians Nuristanis East Asia Europe East Asia Europe Indo-Aryan Iranian Indo-Aryan Iranian Others European The Novodanilovka (Novodanylivka in Ukrainian) group, also called the Novodanilovka culture, was a Copper Age culture which flourished along the lower Dnieper and the steppes of Ukraine from c. 4400 BC to 3800 BC.

The Novodanilovka group is primarily defined by its small cemeteries and individual burials.

The burials are similar to those of the Sredny Stog culture, but the burials are more elaborate with chambers of stone coverings.

They are also distinguished by rich grave goods of flint, copper and stone weapons, and copper bracelets.

In the Kurgan hypothesis, the Novodanilovka group is often presented as the archetypical warlike patriarchal society of the early Indo-Europeans.