Klin-Yar
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Klin-Yar is a prehistoric and early medieval site in the North Caucasus, outside of Kislovodsk. It was first discovered in the 1980s. Archaeological excavations had uncovered settlement traces and ext
Grave types at Klin-Yar: Koban (upper left), Sarmatian (lower left) and Alanic (right) (drawn by M. Mathews)
Bronze axe with iron inlay decoration from Klin-Yar (photo I. Kozhevnikov; scale: cm)
Early medieval sword from Alanic grave 360 at Klin-Yar (photo I. Kozhevnikov; scale: cm)
The Late Sarmatian-Alanic elite plot in the cemetery of Klin-Yar (drawn by M. Mathews)
Podkumok
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The Podkumok is a river in Stavropol Krai, Russia, right tributary of the Kuma. The length of the river is 160 km. The area of its basin is 2,220 km2.
Klin-Yar
…is located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the spa town of Kislovodsk, in a small curving valley which is separated from the valley of the river Podkumok by a long narrow sandstone formation locally called "Parovoz" ("The Locomotive"). Settlements and cemeteries have been found on the slopes around the…
The Podkumok near Georgiyevsk