Maykop culture

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The Maykop culture was a Bronze Age archaeological culture of the northern Caucasus, notable for its rich burial mounds, advanced metalworking, and role in early Eurasian cultural exchange.

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Maykop culture canonical 3
Maikop culture 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age culture
archaeological culture
alternativeName Maikop culture
linked to: Maykop culture
archaeologicalEvidence cemeteries
fortified sites
settlements
associatedWith Caucasus metalworking tradition
Kura–Araxes culture
burialCustom kurgan tumuli
rich grave goods
single inhumations in crouched position
centeredIn Kuban River region
linked to: Kuban River basin

northwestern Caucasus foothills
chronologicalPhase Early Bronze Age
discoveredIn late 19th century
economy animal husbandry
early wheeled transport
mixed farming
endTime c. 3000 BCE
followedBy Catacomb culture
North Caucasus culture
hasArchaeologicalSite Klady necropolis
Maykop kurgan
Starokorsunskaya kurgans
hasPart Novosvobodnaya phase
influenced Yamnaya horizon (debated)
linked to: Yamnaya culture

steppe cultures north of the Caucasus
influencedBy Mesopotamian cultures
linked to: Mesopotamians

Transcaucasian cultures
keyExcavationBy Nikolai Veselovsky
knownFor advanced metalworking
early bronze metallurgy
elaborate kurgan graves
gold and silver artifacts
long-distance trade
rich burial mounds
role in early Eurasian cultural exchange
locatedIn Caucasus
North Caucasus
southern Russia
materialCulture metal vessels
metal weapons
polychrome metalwork
stone stelae
zoomorphic figurines
name Maykop culture
namedAfter Maykop
linked to: Maykop, Russia
partOf Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age cultures of the Caucasus
precededBy Eneolithic cultures of the North Caucasus
region Adygea
linked to: Republic of Adygea

Krasnodar Krai
startTime c. 3700 BCE
usedAnimal cattle
goats
horses
sheep

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Maykop nearArchaeologicalCulture Maykop culture
subject linked to: Maykop, Russia
Maykop culture name Maykop culture
Maykop culture alternativeName Maikop culture
linked to: Maykop culture