Andronovo culture

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The Andronovo culture was a Bronze Age culture that flourished in western Siberia and Kazakhstan during the 2nd and 1st millennia BCE. This culture was relatively uniform across a wide area, with some local variations. Agriculture played a significant role, and people raised cattle, sheep, and horses. Their pottery was typically flat-bottomed and decorated with geometric patterns. Evidence suggests a religion that included fire and sun cults, along with bread offerings. Wooden constructions in richer graves indicate social differentiation within the Andronovo population. The Andronovo complex is closely linked to the Timber-Grave (Srubna) group in southern Russia, both representing branches of the Indo-Iranian cultural block.12

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Stone Age
European cultures
This culture, named Andronovo, is relatively uniform in this wide area, in spite of some local variations. Agriculture now played an important role. People lived in earth huts and reared cattle, sheep, and horses. Bowl- and flowerpot-shaped vessels were flat-bottomed, well smoothed, decorated with geometric patterns, triangles, rhombs,…
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This culture, named Andronovo, is relatively uniform in this wide area, in spite of some local variations. Agriculture now played an important role. People lived in earth huts and reared cattle, sheep, and horses. Bowl- and flowerpot-shaped vessels were flat-bottomed, well smoothed, decorated with geometric patterns, triangles, rhombs,…
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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan to c. 1700 ce
The Bronze Age Andronovo culture (2nd millennium bce) spread over much of Kazakhstan; it was followed by periods dominated by nomads, producers of the “animal art” later identified with the Scythians. One can only speculate concerning the ethnic or linguistic identities of these populations; whether or not they…
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The Bronze Age Andronovo culture (2nd millennium bce) spread over much of Kazakhstan; it was followed by periods dominated by nomads, producers of the “animal art” later identified with the Scythians. One can only speculate concerning the ethnic or linguistic identities of these populations; whether or not they…
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Central Asian arts
Neolithic and Metal Age cultures
The Andronovo culture succeeded the Afanasyevskaya in the 2nd and 1st millennia bce. Although found to the southwest of Krasnoyarsk, it is more frequently encountered in western Siberia and Kazakhstan. The settlement and cemetery of Alekseevskoe (present Tenlyk), some 400 miles (600 kilometres) south of Yekaterinburg…
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The Andronovo culture succeeded the Afanasyevskaya in the 2nd and 1st millennia bce. Although found to the southwest of Krasnoyarsk, it is more frequently encountered in western Siberia and Kazakhstan. The settlement and cemetery of Alekseevskoe (present Tenlyk), some 400 miles (600 kilometres) south of Yekaterinburg…
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