Аркаим (in Russian) | |
![]() Aerial view of the main citadel | |
Location | Bredinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia |
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Region | Kazakh Steppe |
Coordinates | 52°38′57.34″N 59°34′17.194″E / 52.6492611°N 59.57144278°E |
Type | Settlement |
Area | 2 ha (4.9 acres) |
History | |
Periods | Late Middle Bronze Age |
Cultures | Sintashta culture |
Site notes | |
Archaeologists | Gennady Zdanovich |
Ownership | Public |
Public access | Yes |
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Arkaim (Russian: Аркаим) is a fortified archaeological site, dated to c. 2150-1650 BCE,[1] belonging to the Sintashta culture, situated in the steppe of the Southern Urals, 8.2 km (5.10 mi) north-northwest of the village of Amursky and 2.3 km (1.43 mi) east-southeast of the village of Alexandrovsky in the Chelyabinsk Oblast of Russia, just north of the border with Kazakhstan.[2] It was discovered in 1987 by a team of archaeologists which later came under the leadership of Gennady Zdanovich. The realization of its importance unprecedentedly forestalled the planned flooding of the area for a reservoir.[3] The construction of Arkaim is attributed to the early Proto-Indo-Iranian-speakers of the Sintashta culture, which some scholars believe represents the proto-Indo-Iranians before their split into different groups and migration to Central Asia and from there to the Iranian plateau, Indian subcontinent and other parts of Eurasia.[4]
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