Published: 2025-12-29

Descendants of Great Ancestors? Corded Ware Culture Barrows in Trzciniec Circle Cultural Landscapes

Przemysław Makarowicz
Archaeologia Polona
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/APa63.2025.4141

Abstract

The paper focuses on the influence of the Corded Ware culture barrow landscape on the rise of barrow building among Trzciniec Cultural circle communities. It presents a research thesis that explains the mechanisms of the trans-cultural and “timeless” impact of “Corded” mounds, which formed part of the cultural landscape of east-central European uplands in the 2nd millennium BC. The barrows of both cultures certainly combined several functions. They were burial grounds not only where ancestors lay, but also boundary markers defining the familiar area. “Corded Ware” monuments and their arrangements were a source of inspiration and imitation for “Trzciniec” arrivals. The revival of kurgan building by these newcomers and their use of earthen mounds as instruments for asserting their rights to a specific territory, can be viewed a sort of “posthumous heritage” left behind by Corded Ware communities.

Keywords:

Corded Ware culture, Trzciniec Cultural circle, barrow, kurgan, barrows’ arrangements, cultural landscape, newcomers, impact, under-mound space

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Makarowicz, P. (2025). Descendants of Great Ancestors? Corded Ware Culture Barrows in Trzciniec Circle Cultural Landscapes. Archaeologia Polona, 63, 273–294. https://doi.org/10.23858/APa63.2025.4141

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