Kurgan Tunnug 1—New Data on the Earliest Horizon of Scythian Material Culture

• Published in: Journal of Field Archaeology
• Main Authors: Sadykov, Timur, Caspari, Gino, Blochin, Jegor
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2020
• Subjects: 720 Architecture; 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499); Tuva; taiga
• Online Access: https://boris.unibe.ch/146779/1/Tunnug1_Architecture.pdf; https://boris.unibe.ch/146779/

Questions surrounding the emergence of highly mobile nomadic pastoralism and the origins of the associated Scythian material culture have a long history in Eurasian steppe archaeology, but advances in knowledge have been hindered by a lack of data. Here we present new findings on the Early Iron Age...