Some Thoughts on the Maritime Bell Beakers, Iberian Graves & Egypt

Looking for non-steppe influences in the Copper Age

I wrote an article a while back looking at the impact of the 2015 genetics papers showing the reality of an invasion from around the Pontic-Caspian steppe circa 3000 BC. The response inside academia was hysterical in places, but more thoughtful in others. In particular I was struck by the discussion in a 2017 paper by Volker Heyd entitled ‘Kossinna’s Sm…