Afanasievo culture
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The Afanasievo culture was an early Bronze Age archaeological culture of pastoralists in the Altai–Sayan region of Central Asia, often associated with the eastward expansion of early Indo-European-speaking populations.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-European archaeological culture
ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ pastoralist culture ⓘ |
| archaeologicalFeature |
earthen mounds
ⓘ
stone circles ⓘ |
| associatedWith | eastward expansion of early Indo-Europeans ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguageBranch | Proto-Tocharian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguageFamily | Indo-European languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialCustom |
kurgan burial
ⓘ
single inhumation ⓘ stone cists ⓘ supine position ⓘ |
| chronologicalPhase | Early Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Mongolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russia ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Sergei Teploukhov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economyType | pastoralism ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Andronovo culture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Okunevo culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geneticAffinity | Yamnaya culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geneticComponent | Western Steppe Herder ancestry ⓘ |
| hasChronology | one of the earliest Bronze Age cultures in Central Asia ⓘ |
| influenced | Okunevo culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Altai–Sayan region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ South Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialCulture |
bone tools
ⓘ
copper tools ⓘ cord-impressed pottery ⓘ stone tools ⓘ |
| metalWorked |
arsenical bronze
ⓘ
copper ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Afanasievo village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period |
Early Bronze Age
ⓘ
Eneolithic ⓘ |
| precededBy | Yamnaya culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Altai Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minusinsk Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Yenisei basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subsistence |
cattle herding
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goat herding ⓘ horse herding ⓘ sheep herding ⓘ |
| temporalRangeEnd | c. 2500 BCE ⓘ |
| temporalRangeStart | c. 3300 BCE ⓘ |
| usedAnimal | horse ⓘ |
| usedTechnology | metallurgy ⓘ |
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