Subeshi culture
General location of the Subeshi culture, next to the Saka realm ( ), and contemporary Asian polities c. 325 BCE | |
| Geographical range | Turpan, Xinjiang, China |
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| Dates | 1100–100 BCE |
| Preceded by | Chemurchek culture |
| Followed by | Jushi Kingdom, Xiongnu |
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The Subeshi culture (simplified Chinese: 苏贝希文化; traditional Chinese: 蘇貝希文化; 1100–100 BCE), also rendered as Subeishi culture or Subeixi culture, is an Iron Age culture from the area of Shanshan County, Turfan, Xinjiang, at the eastern edge of the Tarim Basin. The Subeshi culture contributes some of the later period Tarim Mummies. It might be associated with the Jushi Kingdom known from Chinese historical sources. The culture includes three closely related cemeteries:
- the Subeshi cemetery
- the Shengjindian cemetery,
- the Yanghai cemetery.
After 200 BCE, the Subeshi culture may have evolved into the later walled city-state culture of the Jushi Kingdom.