Corded Ware culture spread and demographic change in Northern Europe (c. 2900–2300 BCE)

1. Globular Amphora networks expand in central Europe

   Jan 1, 3400 BCELabels: Globular Amphora

   • Globular Amphora
   • Mittnik 2018

2. Yamnaya horizon expands across the Pontic-Caspian steppe

   Jan 1, 3300 BCELabels: Yamnaya horizon

   • Nature 2024
   • Haak 2015

3. Corded Ware horizon emerges in central-northern Europe

   Jan 1, 2900 BCELabels: Corded Ware

   • Mittnik 2018
   • Haak 2015

4. Steppe-related ancestry arrives with Corded Ware expansion

   Jan 1, 2850 BCELabels: Steppe ancestry

   • Haak 2015
   • Haak PubMed

5. Funnelbeaker farming societies dominate northern Europe

   Jan 1, 2800 BCELabels: Funnelbeaker culture

   • Funnelbeaker
   • Bramanti 2009

6. Single Grave tradition takes hold in Jutland

   Jan 1, 2800 BCELabels: Single Grave

   • Diet Mobility
   • Single Grave

7. Battle Axe culture develops in southern Scandinavia

   Jan 1, 2800 BCELabels: Battle Axe

   • Battle Axe
   • Diet Mobility

8. Coastal foragers coexist with Corded Ware communities

   Jan 1, 2800 BCELabels: Pitted Ware

   • Pitted Ware
   • Mittnik 2018

9. Corded Ware societies show local diversity and integration

   Jan 1, 2800 BCELabels: Corded Ware

   • Bohemia 2021
   • Sci Rep 2020

10. Corded Ware-linked ancestry reshapes the Baltic Sea region

    Jan 1, 2700 BCELabels: Baltic region

    • Mittnik 2018
    • Allentoft 2015

11. Corded Ware horizon declines as new Bronze Age traditions rise

    Jan 1, 2350 BCELabels: Bronze Age

    • Mittnik 2018
    • Diet Mobility

12. Nordic Bronze Age begins, reflecting a new regional synthesis

    Jan 1, 1700 BCELabels: Nordic Bronze

    • Historiska
    • Nordic Bronze