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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Maykop culture canonical 3
Maikop culture 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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