Re: Bronocice

> Alexander writes:
> I don't think that the people who made the Bronocice pot could be
> directly
> associated with IE. However the cultural influence can't be excluded.
>
> Gerry: Do you think the Bronocice pot was taken from some distant place
> and brought to the spot where it was discovered?

Not, I don't think so.

>But isn't this a basic
> problem in archaeology when an excavator can only take for granted that
> what has been excavated fits into the pattern that history has already
> established. For argument sake, lets assume that the Bronocice pot was
> indeed from the area in which it was excavated. What geographic spot
> would that be? As far as I know it's location is in present day Poland;
> however, which of the early groups populated the area of present day
> Poland in ca. 4500 BP?

The pot belongs to the Trichterbecher (= Funnel-necked Beaker) culture. The
origin of this culture is obviously independent from North Pontic steppe
cultures, that's why I don't think they could be an IE group. Another reason to
think so: this is a Late Neolithic/Eneolithic culture. When IE started to spread
widely, they used already bronze tools (the impuls came from the Caucasus). This
is my private point of view.
Very soon Corded Ware tribes appeared on the same territory - they are (to my
mind) directly connected with the Yamnaya (=Pit Grave) and other steppe
cultures. I consider them as the Northern (Balto-Slavic + Germanic??) IE branch.

Alexander