Kulay culture
Archaeological culture from Siberia
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SAKAS
Tasmola
Kulay
Goro-
khovo
khovo
Itkul
Sargat
Ananyino
culture
culture
Massagetae
Sauro-
matians
matians
Mumun
Dian
culture
culture
SABEANS
Ordos
culture
culture
Sha-
jing
jing
Pazyryk
Tagar
Chandman
Aldy-Bel
YUEZHI
Subeshi
ACHAEMENID EMPIRE
MAHA-
JANAPADAS
JANAPADAS
ZHOU
DYNASTY
DYNASTY
Slab-grave
culture
culture
DONGHU
MEROË
Scythians
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Location of the Kulay culture, with contemporary cultures in the 5th century BCE
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The Kulay culture was a culture of the forests of Siberia during the 1st millennium BCE, in the northern taiga zone of the Ob' River basin.[1] They used bronze and related basic iron technologies, and their designs were related to the Animal style of the steppes.[2] Their pottery had sophisticated stamp decoration.[1]
The Kulai culture was located just north of the Saka Sargat culture and Tasmola culture.
Anthropomorphological studies indicated both "Caucasoid" and "Mongoloid" components among human remains affiliated with the Kulay culture.[3]
References
- ^ a b Koryakova, Ludmila; Epimakhov, Andrej Vladimirovich (24 March 2014). The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Cambridge University Press. p. 345. ISBN 978-1-139-46165-8.
- ^ Koryakova, Ludmila; Epimakhov, Andrej Vladimirovich (24 March 2014). The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Cambridge University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-139-46165-8.
- ^ Bagashev, A. N.; Institute of the Problems of Northern Development, Siberian Branch; Slepchenko, S. M.; Alekseeva, E. A.; Sleptsova, A. V.; Institute of the Problems of Northern Development, Siberian Branch (2017). "A craniological finding from a shrine at Bolshoy Log fortified settlement of the Kulay culture in Omsk". Vestnik Arheologii, Antropologii I Etnografii. 2 (37): 57. doi:10.20874/2071-0437-2017-37-2-057-071. ISSN 2071-0437.
Investigation of a skull from Bolshoy Log shrine showed that morphological features of the individual (a male of mature age) completely fits into the variability, typical of the very Kulay population, despite high individual variability. The morphological type of this male includes both Caucasoid and Mongoloid components.