entity · arch_cherkaskul_tradition
Cherkaskul tradition
An archaeological classification used for part of the later second-millennium sequence in the Irtysh and adjacent regions.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1600 BCE–1250 BCE
Precision: range
lowAbsolute dating is explicitly pending; duration may be discontinuous.
- informs · provides archaeological observation
A major city of the Kazakh Steppe? Investigating Semiyarka's Bronze Age legacy — Miljana Radivojevic, Dan Lawrence, Victor K. Merz, Ilya V. Merz, Elena Demidkova, Mark Woolston-Houshold, Richie Villis, Peter J. Brown (2025)Provides the Semiyarka Cherkaskul attribution.
Locator: Ceramic chronology and surface assemblage discussion
Research description
Semiyarka surface materials include ceramics attributed to Cherkaskul phases. The site attribution is typological and awaits more absolute dating; no fixed Cherkaskul territory is proposed.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
A major city of the Kazakh Steppe? Investigating Semiyarka's Bronze Age legacy — Miljana Radivojevic, Dan Lawrence, Victor K. Merz, Ilya V. Merz, Elena Demidkova, Mark Woolston-Houshold, Richie Villis, Peter J. Brown (2025)Provides the Semiyarka Cherkaskul attribution.
Locator: Ceramic chronology and surface assemblage discussion