Dongtalede

Dongtalede (Ch: 东塔勒德) is an archaeological site in Xinjiang with numerous artifacts riminescent of the Scytho-Siberian art of Central Asia. It is dated to the 9th-7th century BCE. The site has been of primary importance in understanding how new gold-crafting technology developed in Northwest China during the early Iron Age, following the arrival of new technological skills from the central Asian steppes.^[2] These technological and artistic exchanges attest to the magnitude of communication networks between China and the Mediterranean, even long before the establishment of the Silk Road.^[2][3]

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  Gold beech-nut pendants found in tomb 3 of Dongtalede, the Xinjiang Altai region, Northwest China
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  Gold appliqués in the form of snow leopards found in Dongtalede, Northwest China
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  Dongtalede in the geographical distribution of early gold and silver artefacts found in Northwest China and Central Asia (8th-3rd century BCE).^[3]

Dongtalede

-500 SAKAS Tasmola Kulay Goro- khovo Itkul Sargat Ananyino culture Massagetae Sauro- matians Mumun Dian culture SABEANS Ordos culture Sha- jing Pazyryk Tagar Chandman Aldy-Bel YUEZHI Subeshi ACHAEMENID EMPIRE MAHA- JANAPADAS ZHOU DYNASTY Slab-grave culture DONGHU MEROË Scythians Location of Dongtalede (), with contemporary cultures in the 6th century BCE
Geographical range	Xinjiang
Dates	9-7th centuries BCE
Major sites	46.377732°N 87.851256°E / 46.377732; 87.851256
Preceded by	Karasuk culture
Followed by	Aldy-Bel culture, Pazyryk culture, Tagar culture

See also

• Xigoupan

References

1. Image file with complete data, Amir, Saltanat; Roberts, Rebecca C. (2023). "The Saka 'Animal Style' in Context: Material, Technology, Form and Use". Arts. 12: 23. doi:10.3390/arts12010023.
2. Liu, Yan (1 January 2021). "Long-Distance Relationship with the Mediterranean World? Gold Beech-nut Pendants found in the Early Iron Age China and the Eurasian Steppe". Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry.
3. Liu, Yan; Li, Rui; Yang, Junchang; Liu, Ruiliang; Zhao, Guoxing; Tan, Panpan (26 April 2021). "China and the steppe: technological study of precious metalwork from Xigoupan Tomb 2 (4th–3rd c.BCE) in the Ordos region, Inner Mongolia". Heritage Science. 9 (1): 46. doi:10.1186/s40494-021-00520-5. ISSN 2050-7445.