The Middle Dnieper (MDC) Variant of the Corded Ware Culture is one of the most unknown and misunderstood. A Common Misconception is that it is one of the oldest CWC groups and the origin of Fatyanovo, this could not be further from the truth:
The Conesensus in Slavic Literature is actually that this Culture starts sometime around 2600 or 2500bc.
The Middle Dnieper cultures earliest sites are on the Right of the Dnieper and the Desna river, and the Infiltration into Belarus only occured in the Middle and Late stages, giving us an idea of where this culture could have originated from. there is heavy assimilation of
on GAC influence:
Most importantly the Middle Dnieper Culture is actually MULTIPLE other Cultures that share very little in common. Therefore, the proposal to split the Upper Dnieper and NN variants into Seperate Cultures, therefore drastically reducing the area of the Middle Dnieper culture.
My low verbal IQ is showing, used therefore twice in a row, fml
the plight of the ESL
@VVeltkrieger Could it be ancestral to balto slavic?
@Nikkkeo Yes it seems the most likely, the actual MDC that is. Not the other parts of it that are not actually MDC
@VVeltkrieger Proto-Balto-Slavics?
@Neurilogical Situation is more complicated if you read the thread, but probably
@VVeltkrieger Interesting. So trve MDC is just central-western area of Ukraine?
@varsid37677331 P much
@VVeltkrieger Could you post your sources please?