Okunev culture

Okunev culture
Location of the Okunev culture (Minusinsk Depression), with other contemporary cultures c. -2000 BC.[1]
Alternative namesOkuniev , Okunevskaya
HorizonIndigenous peoples of Siberia
Geographical rangeMinusinsk Basin South Siberia
PeriodBronze Age
Datesc. 2700 BC - 1800 BC
Type siteOkunev settlement
Major sitesTas-Khaaza, Chernovaya VIII, Beltyry, Uibat III, Uibat V
Characteristicsunique artistic heritage
Preceded byAfanasevo culture
Followed byKarasuk culture, Andronovo culture, Seima-Turbino phenomenon, Tagar culture

Okunev culture (ru: Окуневская культура, romanized: Okunevskaya kul'tura, lit. 'Okunev culture'), also known as Okunevo culture, was a south Siberian archaeological culture of pastoralists from the early Bronze Age dated from the end of the 3rd millennium BC to the early 2nd millennium BC in the Minusinsk Basin on the middle and upper Yenisei.[2][3][4] It was formed from the local Neolithic Siberian forest cultures, who also showed evidence of admixture from Western Steppe Herders and pre-existing Ancient North Eurasians.[5][6][7][8]

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