Okunev culture
Location of the Okunev culture (Minusinsk Depression), with other contemporary cultures c. -2000 BC. | |
| Alternative names | Okuniev , Okunevskaya |
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| Horizon | Indigenous peoples of Siberia |
| Geographical range | Minusinsk Basin South Siberia |
| Period | Bronze Age |
| Dates | c. 2700 BC - 1800 BC |
| Type site | Okunev settlement |
| Major sites | Tas-Khaaza, Chernovaya VIII, Beltyry, Uibat III, Uibat V |
| Characteristics | unique artistic heritage |
| Preceded by | Afanasevo culture |
| Followed by | Karasuk culture, Andronovo culture, Seima-Turbino phenomenon, Tagar culture |
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Okunev culture (ru: Окуневская культура, romanized: Okunevskaya kul'tura, lit. 'Okunev culture'), also known as Okunevo culture, was a south Siberian archaeological culture of pastoralists from the early Bronze Age dated from the end of the 3rd millennium BC to the early 2nd millennium BC in the Minusinsk Basin on the middle and upper Yenisei. It was formed from the local Neolithic Siberian forest cultures, who also showed evidence of admixture from Western Steppe Herders and pre-existing Ancient North Eurasians.