Bakker Jan Albert, Kruk Janusz, Lanting Albert E., Milisauskas Sarunas. The earliest evidence of wheeled vehicles in Europe and the Near East

Antiquity. — 1999. — Vol. 73, Iss. 282. — p. 778-790.The earliest evidence of wheeled vehicles dates to the Funnel Beaker (TRB) culture in Europe and the Late Uruk period in the Near East. Results of excavations and ¹⁴C determinations from Poland, Germany, Iraq, Syria and Turkey suggest that the appearance of wheeled vehicles was contemporary in Europe and the Near East.