Copper & Bronze Age

Corded Ware

The European heirs of the steppe expansion, carrying a large dose of Yamnaya-related ancestry across the North European Plain.

Period: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (c. 3,000–2,350 BCE)
Region: Central and Northern Europe
Samples: 105
Groups: 23

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Kvali places every sample below on an interactive map using G25 coordinates. Open a sample to see where it plots against modern and ancient populations, run a genetic-distance search, or play a guided Ancestry Story. You can also compare your own DNA against these populations after uploading your raw data.

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Archaeological groups included

Czechia EBA Corded WarePoland Corded WareGermany Esperstedt Corded WareGermany Althausen Corded WarePoland Corded Ware 3Russia Ivanovo MLBA Corded Ware FatyanovoPoland Corded Ware oPoland Corded Ware 1Czechia EBA Corded Ware 2Germany Tiefbrunn Corded Ware 1Netherlands LNA Corded Ware VlaardingenRussia EMBA Fatyanovo Balanovo Corded Ware Volga

Notable Corded Ware samples

Showing 60 of 105 individuals.

Related populations

YamnayaEarly Bronze Age (c. 3,300–2,600 BCE)LasinjaCopper Age (c. 4,300–3,800 BCE)BodrogkeresztúrCopper Age (c. 4,000–3,600 BCE)VarnaCopper Age (c. 4,600–4,200 BCE)