Tashtyk culture

Tashtyk culture
	100 WESTERN; SATRAPS INDO-; PARTHIANS SABEANS Sargat Shule MEROË AKSUM KUCHA WUSUN Jushi LOULAN Ordos; culture DONGHU Tashtyk Kokel KANGJU Khotan Dinlings Sarmatians ROMAN; EMPIRE PARTHIAN; EMPIRE KUSHAN; EMPIRE SATAVA-; HANAS FUNAN HAN; DYNASTY XIONGNU ◁ ▷ Location of the Tashtyk culture (Minusinsk Depression) and contemporary Asian polities c. 100 Tashtyk culture funeral masks. The masks were often painted. Oglakhty necropolis, tomb 4, 3rd-4th century CE. Hermitage Museum.
Geographical range	South Central Siberia
Period	Iron Age
Dates	1 CE–400 CE
Preceded by	Tagar culture
Followed by	Yenisei Kyrgyz

The Tashtyk culture was a Late Iron Age archaeological culture that flourished in the Yenisei valley in Siberia from the 1st century CE to the 4th century CE. Located in the Minusinsk Depression, environs of modern Krasnoyarsk, eastern part of Kemerovo Oblast, it was preceded by the Tagar culture and the Tesinsky culture.

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