Thraco-Cimmerian is a historiographical and archaeological term, composed of the names of the

Thracians The Thracians (; ; ) were an Indo-European languages, Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Southeast Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied the area that today is shared betwee ...

and the

Cimmerians The Cimmerians were an Ancient Iranian peoples, ancient Eastern Iranian languages, Eastern Iranian peoples, Iranic Eurasian nomads, equestrian nomadic people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe, part of whom subsequently migrated into W ...

. It refers to 8th to 7th century BC cultures that are linked in Eastern,

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and

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in the area north and west of the

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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),
119–123
*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 lang, ro}

(with bibliography);

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(German) Iron Age Europe Archaeological theory Ancient Thrace Cimmerians

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