middle Ural tradition
archaeology
Also known as: Shigir tradition
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The Middle Ural tradition, also known as the Shigir culture, was a Bronze Age culture in the Ural region. This culture is recognized for its wooden sculptures of elk and water birds, discovered in peat bogs like Gorbunovo and Shigir. This tradition was part of a broader cultural continuum in the Ural region, connecting northern Russian and western Siberian cultures with the Aral Sea region. The Middle Ural culture existed alongside the Ob River basin culture during the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE.1
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