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Scythian culture
HorizonScytho-Siberian world
Geographical rangePontic–Caspian steppe
PeriodIron Age
Datesc. 700 BCc. 250 AD
Preceded byBabadag culture, Basarabi culture, Gáva-Holigrady culture, Kizil-Koba culture, Kobyakovo culture, Novocherkassk culture, Șoldănești culture, Zhabotin culture
Followed byChernyakhov culture, Poienești-Lukaševka culture [de] Sarmatian culture, Zarubintsy culture

The Scythian culture was an Iron Age archaeological culture which flourished on the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe from about 700 BC to 200 AD. It is associated with the Scythians, Cimmerians, and other peoples inhabiting the region of Scythia, and was part of the wider Scytho-Siberian world.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Ivantchik 2018.
  2. ^ Alekseyev, Andrey [in Russian] (2017). "Scythian archaeological culture". Great Russian Encyclopedia (in Russian).
  3. ^ Oblomsky, Andrey [in Russian] (2017). "Late Scythian archaeological community". Great Russian Encyclopedia (in Russian).
  4. ^ Alekseyev, Andrey [in Russian] (2017). "Scytho-Siberian world". Great Russian Encyclopedia (in Russian).

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