Thraco-Cimmerian

Thraco-Cimmerian

Thraco-Cimmerian

Historiographical and archaeological term


Thraco-Cimmerian is a historiographical and archaeological term, composed of the names of the Thracians and the Cimmerians. It refers to 8th to 7th century BC cultures that are linked in Eastern, Southeast and Central Europe in the area north and west of the Black Sea.

Distribution of Thraco-Cimmerian finds.

See also


References

    • "Thrako-Kimmerer, thrako-kimmerischer Formenkreis" in: Hoops (ed.) Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde, vol. 16, Walter de Gruyter, 2000, 517–519.
    • Ioannis K. Xydopoulos, "The Cimmerians: their origins, movements and their difficulties" in: Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, Alexandru Avram, James Hargrave (eds.), The Danubian Lands between the Black, Aegean and Adriatic Seas (7th Century BC – 10th Century AD), Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities (Belgrade – 17–21 September 2013, Archaeopress Archaeology (2015), 119123.
    • Dorin Sârbu, "Un Fenomen Arheologic Controversat de la Începutul Epocii Fierului dintre Gurile Dunării și Volga: 'Cultura Cimmerianã'" ("A controversial archeological phenomenon of the early Iron Age between the mouths of the Danube and the Volga: the Cimmerian Culture"), Romanian Journal of Archaeology (2000) ((in Romanian) online version (with bibliography); English abstract)

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