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The article offers information about the Balts, their origin and, archaeological cultures. It notes that the Balts were mentioned as the Galinds, the Aests, and the Yotvingians (Sudovians) in the written sources dated back in the 1st and 2nd centuries. It is claimed that the first Real Balts originate to the 1st millenary BC followed by the spread of the Battleleaxe Culture and Corded Ware in the 3rd to 2nd millenary BC in Middle and Eastern parts of Europe marking the start of the Indo-Europeanization. |
