The Noua-Sabatinovka-Coslogeni complex was a late

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archaeological cultural complex located in

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and

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, dating from the 16th to 11th centuries BC, consisting of the closely related Noua, Sabatinovka and Coslogeni cultures.

Characteristics

Representatives of the Noua-Sabatinovka-Coslogeni complex were engaged in agriculture and cattle breeding.

Origin

The Sabatinovka culture was formed on the basis of the Multi-Cordon Ware culture, there is also the influence of the Srubnaya culture and Monteoru. Noua culture and Coslogeni were formed as a result of the fusion of local cultures (Monteoru, Tei and Wietenbrg cultures) with the arriving carriers of the Sabatinovka culture. The relationship of the archaeological complex as part of the Srubnaya culture is a subject of debate.

Successors

Belozerka culture The Belozerka culture () or Bilozerka culture () was a Late Bronze Age archaeological culture of the later (12th–10th centuries BCE) which replaced the Srubnaya culture on the steppes of Ukraine and Moldova. There are finds near the lower Don ...

was the successor of the Sabatinovka culture. Noua culture and Coslogeni was absorbed by

Urnfield culture The Urnfield culture () was a late Bronze Age Europe, Bronze Age culture of Central Europe, often divided into several local cultures within a broader Urnfield tradition. The name comes from the custom of cremation, cremating the dead and placin ...

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Ethnicity

Noua culture and Coslogeni were of Thracian origin, while Sabatinovka culture were of Iranian or Thracian origin.

Gallery

File:Bronz preistoric Chisinau mai 2014 -0060.jpg, Noua-Sabatinovka-Coslogeni bronze sceptre, Moldova. File:Bronmzuri preistorice.jpg, Noua-Sabatinovka-Coslogeni bronze artefacts, Moldova File:Teukry.jpg, Bronze artefacts and casting mould, Ukraine

Genetics

Haplogroups

Noua culture and Sabatinovka culture had a male haplogroup R1a, from female haplogroups were present J1, U8a1a1, U2e1b.

Autosomal DNA

The Noua and Sabatinovka cultures have a genetically similar origin, which distinguishes the Noua culture from its predecessor Monteoru, which was predominantly of Neolithic origin. File:Sabatinovka-DNA.png, Autosomal DNA Sabatinovka culture File:Noua-DNA.png, Autosomal DNA Noua Culture

References

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