Seima-Turbino Phenomenon
Seima-Turbino refers to burial sites dating around 1500 BC found across northern Eurasia, from Finland to Mongolia. The buried were nomadic warriors and metal-workers, travelling on horseback or two-wheeled chariots. These nomads originated from the Altai Mountains.[1] The culture spread west from these mountains to the west.[2] Although they were the precursor to the much later Mongol invasions, these groups were not yet strong enough to attack the important social sites of the Bronze Age.[3]
These cultures are noted for being nomadic forest and steppe societies with metal working, sometimes without having first developed agricultural methods.[1] The development of this metalworking ability appears to have taken place quite quickly.[2]
References
- ^ a b Anthony, David (2007). The Horse, the Wheel, and Language.
- ^ a b Chernykh, E.N. (2008). "Formation of the Eurasian "Steppe Belt" of Stockbreeding cultures". Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia 35 (3): 36–53.
- ^ Christian, David (1998). A history of Russia, Central Asia, and Mongolia. ISBN 0-631-20814-3.
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