Pazyryk culture

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The Pazyryk culture was an Iron Age nomadic society of the Eurasian steppe, best known for its richly furnished kurgan burials in the Altai Mountains that preserved mummies, textiles, and elaborate animal-style art in permafrost.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iron Age culture ⓘ
Scythian-related culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
nomadic culture ⓘ
artStyle Scythian animal style ⓘ
linked to: Scythian Iron Age
burialConstruction timber chamber under mound ⓘ
burialFeature sacrificial horses around chamber ⓘ
stone cairn covering ⓘ
burialType kurgan ⓘ
cultureType equestrian nomad ⓘ
discoveredBy Sergei Rudenko ⓘ
economy pastoralism ⓘ
evidenceOf long-distance trade contacts ⓘ
excavationPeriod 1920s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
floruit circa 3rd century BCE ⓘ
circa 5th century BCE ⓘ
hasDiscovery Chinese silk ⓘ
Pazyryk carpet ⓘ
Persian textiles ⓘ
felt wall hangings ⓘ
frozen log-built burial chambers ⓘ
lacquered wooden objects ⓘ
sacrificed horses in kurgans ⓘ
tattooed human remains ⓘ
wooden wagons ⓘ
zoomorphic art motifs ⓘ
hasEvidence body tattooing ⓘ
complex social hierarchy ⓘ
elite warrior class ⓘ
shamanic practices ⓘ
textile production ⓘ
wagon use in nomadic life ⓘ
hasSite Bashadar kurgans ⓘ
linked to: Tuekta kurgans

Berel burial ground ⓘ
Pazyryk-1 kurgan group ⓘ
Pazyryk-2 kurgan group ⓘ
Pazyryk-3 kurgan group ⓘ
Pazyryk-4 kurgan group ⓘ
Pazyryk-5 kurgan group ⓘ
Tuekta kurgans ⓘ
Ukok Plateau burials ⓘ
hasTypeSite Pazyryk burial ground ⓘ
influencedBy Achaemenid art ⓘ
Chinese art ⓘ
knownFor animal-style art ⓘ
elaborate horse trappings ⓘ
felt appliqué work ⓘ
frozen tombs ⓘ
kurgan burials ⓘ
permafrost preservation ⓘ
tattooed mummies ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
locatedIn Altai Mountains ⓘ
Eurasian steppe ⓘ
linked to: Eurasian Steppe

South Siberia ⓘ
partOf Scythian world ⓘ
linked to: Scythian Iron Age
practiced horse breeding ⓘ
kurgan burial rites ⓘ
mounted warfare ⓘ
preservationCause water infiltration followed by freezing ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

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

Eurasian Steppe → archaeologicalCulture → Pazyryk culture ⓘ
Ukok Plateau → archaeologicalCulture → Pazyryk culture ⓘ
Saka people → archaeologicalCulture → Pazyryk culture ⓘ
Saka people → archaeologicalCulture → Saka culture of Kazakhstan ⓘ
linked to: Pazyryk culture
Saka people → artStyle → Scythian animal style ⓘ
linked to: Pazyryk culture
Scythian Iron Age → hasArtStyle → Scythian animal style ⓘ
linked to: Pazyryk culture
Scythian Iron Age → hasCulture → Pazyryk culture ⓘ
Scythians → archaeologicalCulture → Pazyryk culture ⓘ
Pazyryk burial ground → culture → Pazyryk culture ⓘ
Berel burial ground → culture → Pazyryk culture ⓘ
Tuekta kurgans → culturalContext → Pazyryk culture ⓘ
Tuekta kurgans → culture → Pazyryk culture ⓘ
Pazyryk carpet → associatedWith → Pazyryk culture ⓘ