Publisher： Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN： 1745-1744|80|309|638-645
ISSN： 0003-598x
Source： Antiquity, Vol.80, Iss.309, 2006-09, pp. : 638-645
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Abstract
The author presents new radiocarbon dates for chariot burials found in the region between Europe and the Urals, showing them to belong to the twentieth-eighteenth centuries BCE. These early dates, which pre-empt the appearance of the war chariot in the Near East, are transforming the ancient history of Eurasia and the early Mediterranean civilisations, pointing to the Volga-Ural area as an important centre of innovation for early Europe.
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