Small brain, you. Stop talk. Learn more. <|endoftext|> >The Khvalynsk I excavation yielded 34 copper objects found in 11 of the 158 published graves. The copper from excavations I and II showed the same trace elements and technology, the former characteristic of Balkan copper. Ryndina&rsquo;s study of 30 objects revealed three technological groups: 14 objects made at 300&ndash;500&deg;C, 11 made at 600&ndash;800&deg;C, and 5 made at 900&ndash;1,000&deg;C. The quality of welding and forging was uniformly low in the first two groups, indicating local manufacture, but was strongly influenced by the methods of the Tripolye A culture. The third group, which included two thin rings and three massive spiral rings, was technically identical to Old European status objects from the cemeteries of Varna and Durankulak in Bulgaria. These objects were made in Old Europe and were traded in finished form to the Volga.