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.png)  Uyuk Culture (here the Sagly-Bazhy culture phase) and contemporary cultures and polities circa 325 BCE | |
| Geographical range | South Siberia |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8th to 2nd century BCE |
| Preceded by | Karasuk culture, |
| Followed by | Xiongnu Empire, Kokel Culture |
The Uyuk culture refers to the Saka culture of the Turan-Uyuk depression around the Uyuk river, in modern-day Tuva Republic.[1]
- ^ Glebova, A. B.; Chistyakov, K. V. (1 July 2016). "Landscape regularities of human colonization of the Tuva territory in the Scythian time (8th–3rd centuries B. C.)". Geography and Natural Resources. 37 (3): 239. doi:10.1134/S1875372816030070. ISSN 1875-371X.
Uyuk culture [9, 12]. It derives its name from the Uyuk river, the valley of which, primarily within the Turan-Uyuk depression, is home to gigantic stone and earth kurgans with graves of tribal chiefs.