Kulay culture

The Kulay culture was a culture of the Siberian forests during the 1st millennium BCE, in the northern taiga zone of the Ob River basin.^[1] They used bronze and related basic iron technologies, and their designs were related to the animal style of the steppes.^[2] Their pottery had sophisticated stamp decoration.^[1]

Kulay culture

-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 the Kulay culture, with contemporary cultures in the 5th century BCE
Geographical range	Siberia
Dates	1st millennium BCE

Map of Kulay culture (orange) and Sargat culture (green).

The Kulai culture was located just north of the Saka Sargat culture and Tasmola culture.

Anthropomorphological studies indicated both Caucasoid and Mongoloid components among human remains affiliated with the Kulay culture.^[3]

References

1. Koryakova, Ludmila; Epimakhov, Andrej Vladimirovich (24 March 2014). The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Cambridge University Press. p. 345. ISBN 978-1-139-46165-8.
2. Koryakova, Ludmila; Epimakhov, Andrej Vladimirovich (24 March 2014). The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Cambridge University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-139-46165-8.
3. Bagashev, A. N.; Institute of the Problems of Northern Development, Siberian Branch; Slepchenko, S. M.; Alekseeva, E. A.; Sleptsova, A. V.; Institute of the Problems of Northern Development, Siberian Branch (2017). "A craniological finding from a shrine at Bolshoy Log fortified settlement of the Kulay culture in Omsk". Vestnik Arheologii, Antropologii I Etnografii. 2 (37): 57. doi:10.20874/2071-0437-2017-37-2-057-071. ISSN 2071-0437. Investigation of a skull from Bolshoy Log shrine showed that morphological features of the individual (a male of mature age) completely fits into the variability, typical of the very Kulay population, despite high individual variability. The morphological type of this male includes both Caucasoid and Mongoloid components.