Bulan-Koba culture

Bulan-Koba Culture
Geographical range	Altai Mountains
Dates	2nd century BCE to 5th century CE
Major sites	Sary-Bel, Ust-Edigen, Bulan-Koba
Preceded by	Pazyryk culture
Followed by	First Turkic Khaganate, Kok-Pash culture

The Bulan-Koba culture (2nd century BCE to 5th century CE) is an archaeological culture in the Altai mountains which replaced the Pazyryk culture.^[1] The time period of this culture occurs in the so-called Huno-Sarmatian period in Russian archaeology (2nd century BC to 5th century AD).^[2] The bearers of this culture lived during the time of Xiongnu Empire, Xianbei state and Rouran Khaganate. this culture was replaced by Turkic burial traditions in Altai ^[3]

^ Konstantinov et al. 2018.
^ Konstantinov et al. 2018, page 13.
^ Konstantinov et al. 2018, page 9 :"The tradition of erecting of the Bulan-Koba type monuments preserved up to the early Middle Ages, i.e. before the Türkic time.".

[FOOTNOTEKonstantinovSoenovTrifanovaSvyatko2018-1] Konstantinov et al. 2018.

[FOOTNOTEKonstantinovSoenovTrifanovaSvyatko2018page_13-2] Konstantinov et al. 2018, page 13.

[FOOTNOTEKonstantinovSoenovTrifanovaSvyatko2018page_9_:"The_tradition_of_erecting_of_the_Bulan-Koba_type_monuments_preserved_up_to_the_early_Middle_Ages,_i.e._before_the_Türkic_time."-3] Konstantinov et al. 2018, page 9 :"The tradition of erecting of the Bulan-Koba type monuments preserved up to the early Middle Ages, i.e. before the Türkic time.".

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