Sargat culture

Sargat culture

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Geographical range	Siberia
Dates	7th century BCE to 5th centuries CE
Preceded by	Barkhatovo culture, Itkul culture, Baitovo culture, Gorokhovo culture, Irmen culture
Followed by	Bakal culture

Sargat culture, was a sedentary archaeological culture that existed between 7th century BC and 5th century AD in Western Siberia. Sargat cultural horizon encompassed northern forest steppe zone between the Tobol and Irtysh rivers, which is currently located in Russia and Kazakhstan.^[1] The northernmost Sargat culture presence is found near Tobolsk, on the border of the forest zone. In the south, the area of culture coincides with the southern border of the forest-steppe. Eastern foothills of the Urals make up the western boundary of the culture, meanwhile Baraba forest-steppe forms the eastern edge for Sargat settlements and burial grounds. The culture is named after the village of Sargatskoye, which is located near a Sargat burial ground.

Archeological and genetic evidence suggest that Sargat culture was a potential zone of intermixture between native Ugrian and/or Siberian populations and steppe peoples from the south, possibly of early Iranian or Indo-Iranian stock.^[2] However, if the Iranians gave the language, it does not explain the origin of the Magyar language.