Shilikty

43°32′59″N 78°17′00″E / 43.549697°N 78.283366°E / 43.549697; 78.283366Preceded byKarasuk cultureFollowed byAldy-Bel culture, Pazyryk culture, Tagar culture

Saka kurgans[2]
Salbyk Arzhan Pazyryk Issyk Boralday Taksai Eleke Sazy Tasmola Ingala Tillya Tepe
Arzhan-1 c. 800 BCE Shilikty c. 700 BCE Arzhan-2 c. 650 BCE Bes Shatyr c. 550 BCE Taksai c. 500 BCE Ingala c. 500 BCE Tasmola 7th-5th centuries BCE Boralday c. 600-400 BCE Salbyk c. 600-400 BCE Eleke Sazy c. 600-400 BCE Berel-1 c. 350 BCE Pazyryk-1,2 c. 300 BCE Berel-11 c. 300 BCE Issyk c. 400-200 BCE Tillya Tepe 1st century BCE
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Shilikty (Ru: Шиликты курганы), formerly Chilikti, also more precisely Baigetobe Kurgans (Ru: Курганы Байгетобе) in Shilikty Valley,^[1] is an archaeological site in eastern Kazakhstan, located in the Chilik river basin. At this site, numerous 8th-6th century BCE Early Saka kurgans were found.^[1][3] Carbon-14 dating suggests a more refined date of 730-690 BCE for the kurgans, and a broad contemporaneity with the Arzhan-2 kurgan in Tuva.^[1]

The Kurgans contained vast quantities of precious golden jewelry.^[4] Remains of a "golden man" (similar to the Issyk kurgan golden man) were found in 2003, with 4262 gold finds.^[5]

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  Flying deer, Chilikti (VII. - VI. B. C.) Kazakhstan.^[6]
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  Eagle (Griffin), Chilikti (VII. - VI. B.C.) Kazakhstan.^[7]
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  Saka kurgan dates, Shilikty being among the earliest.^[8]

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