Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Asian
6. Siberian (culture or style)
7. Early Nomads (Asian)

Narrower term/s

• Bainov phase
• Podgornoe phase
• Saragash phase
• Tes phase

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the Early Nomads culture established in the steppes of the Minusinsk basin. The culture is characterized by a distinctive type of kurgan, often with a small mound and a low rectangular stone enclosure with tall pillar like slabs of stones at the four corners. There are also the type with no mound and a cemetery area marked with stone pillars in groups of several dozen or several hundred.