Tagar culture
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The Tagar culture was a Bronze Age Saka archeological culture which flourished between the 8th and 1st centuries BC in South Siberia. The culture was named after an island in the Yenisei River opposite Minusinsk. The civilization was one of the largest centres of bronze-smelting in ancient Eurasia.
Horse trappings, Tagar culture, 6th-5th century BC.
Petroglyphs from the Tagar Culture.
Salbyk kurgan, the largest tumulus of the Tagar culture
Salbyk kurgan megalith
Karasuk culture
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The Karasuk culture describes a group of late Bronze Age societies who ranged from the Aral Sea to the upper Yenisei in the east and south to the Altai Mountains and the Tian Shan in ca. 1500–800 BC.
Area of the Karasuk culture.
Shang dynasty curved bronze knives with animal pommel. 12th-11th century BCE. Such knives were the result of contacts with the northern people of the Mongolian steppe.
Karasuk bronze axes.
Karasuk vs Shang horned animal blades 13th-11th century BCE.