The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe (YMPACT) is an international and interdisciplinary research project based at the University of Helsinki Department of Cultures and funded by the European Research Council.
The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe (YMPACT) is an international and interdisciplinary research project based at the University of Helsinki Department of Cultures and funded by the European Research Council.
About The Yamnaya Impact project is an international and interdisciplinary effort to understand the massive changes taking place in Europe some...
Research The project is a team effort, being fully inter/cross-disciplinary from its inception, also reflecting the position of modern prehistoric...
People The Yamnaya Impact project team is essentially international, welcoming researchers from Helsinki, Mainz, London, Bristol and Budapest...
Fieldwork The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe will conduct fieldwork in South Eastern Europe during its course. The first archaeological...
Contact Project PI Volker Heyd Professor, University of Helsinki volker.heyd@helsinki.fi Postdoctoral researcher Bianca Preda-Bălănică Postdoctoral...
9.4.2021 Language & culture The first Yamnaya burial of the year 2021 excavated in Romania This spring comes with exciting news from Romania. During the past month, the team of archaeologists from Prahova County Museum, coordinated by...
19.3.2021 Language & culture New YMPACT member on board: Elena Sandoval The YMPACT team warmly welcomes Elena Sandoval as PhD student at the University of Bristol.
19.3.2021 Language & culture Size matters: human phenotypes and social interaction during the 5kya turnover YMPACT partners Dr. Eva Rosenstock from Freie Universität Berlin and Dr. Martin Trautmann from University of Helsinki held an online lecture in...