Where was Kelteminar Culture located?

Aral Gölü Havzası / Özbekistan-Kazakistan

Kelteminar Culture (5500 BCE – 3000 BCE)

A Neolithic–Copper Age hunter-gatherer-fisher culture that lived around the Aral Sea between 5500 and 3000 BCE.

Period:: 5500 BCE – 3000 BCE
Region:: Aral Gölü Havzası / Özbekistan-Kazakistan
Type:: culture

Developing in the fertile conditions of the Aral region, it represents the earliest settled life in Central Asia. It formed an intermediate cultural bridge between the steppe and the farming regions to the south; some researchers regard it as an early stage of proto-Turkic or Uralic-Turkic contact.

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The Kelteminar Culture: Settlement on the Shores of the Aral Sea · 5500 BCE

Frequently asked questions

What was Kelteminar Culture?: A Neolithic–Copper Age hunter-gatherer-fisher culture that lived around the Aral Sea between 5500 and 3000 BCE.
When did Kelteminar Culture exist?: 5500 BCE – 3000 BCE
Where was Kelteminar Culture located?: Aral Gölü Havzası / Özbekistan-Kazakistan