A major city of the Kazakh Steppe? Investigating Semiyarka’s Bronze Age legacy

2025/11/18 by Miljana Radivojević, Dan Lawrence, Victor Merz +5 · 2 voices
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Marine and environmental studies #Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.15184/aqy.2025.10244

Abstract

Occupied from around 1600 BC and linked to the Cherkaskul and Alekseevka-Sargary cultures, Semiyarka is a newly identified 140ha Late Bronze Age settlement in north-eastern Kazakhstan. The site represents a unique settlement with planned architecture—including a central monumental structure—low-density pottery scatter and evidence for organised tin-bronze production.

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