Gordion and Midas Mound — Anatolian Yamnaya Continuity

The Midas Mound, built by King Midas for his father Gordius. Mound W — the first mound where we have evidence of the Yamnaya burial tradition reaching Anatolia. Connecting Ukrainian pit-grave customs to Phrygian royal tombs.

Source: Journeying · FM Draft (podcast transcript)

Physical evidence of Yamnaya cultural transmission to Anatolia. The same burial tradition that began in the Ukrainian steppe appears in Phrygian royal tombs — journeying as archaeological method.

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