entity · arch_srsc1_koban_culture
Koban culture
Also known as: Koban archaeological culture
A northern and central Caucasian archaeological tradition known especially through cemeteries, metalwork, settlement, and mountain landscapes.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1400 BCE–600 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · defines or contextualizes classification
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion - informs · defines or contextualizes classification
Traditions in Transition: Some Thoughts on Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Burial Costumes from the Northern Caucasus — Sabine Reinhold (2003)
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion - informs · defines or contextualizes classification
Koban Culture Genome-Wide and Archeological Data Open the Bridge between Bronze and Iron Ages in the North Caucasus — Fedor S. Sharko, Eugenia S. Boulygina, Svetlana V. Tsygankova, Natalia V. Slobodova, Sergey M. Rastorguev, Anna A. Krasivskaya, Andrej B. Belinsky, Heinrich Härke, Anna A. Kadieva, Sergej V. Demidenko, Vladimir Yu. Malashev, Tatiana Yu. Shvedchikova, Maria V. Dobrovolskaya, Irina K. Reshetova, Dmitry S. Korobov, Artem V. Nedoluzhko (2024)
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion
Research description
Koban is an archaeological label with regional and chronological variants. It does not denote a single ethnicity, language, or state.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Archaeological label, not an ethnicity
A modern archaeological classification based on material patterns rather than a secure ancient self-identified people.
Why does this record have this property?
The record groups material, chronological, or regional evidence. No assignment of language, ancestry, ancient self-designation, or modern national continuity follows from the label alone.
- The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age
supports assignment · Regional culture classification and cautions - The Making of Bronze Age Eurasia
contextualizes · Mobility, interaction, and culture models
Evidence and sources
- contextualizes · defines or contextualizes classification
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)Source linked to entity record arch_srsc1_koban_culture.
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion - contextualizes · defines or contextualizes classification
Traditions in Transition: Some Thoughts on Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Burial Costumes from the Northern Caucasus — Sabine Reinhold (2003)Source linked to entity record arch_srsc1_koban_culture.
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion - contextualizes · defines or contextualizes classification
Koban Culture Genome-Wide and Archeological Data Open the Bridge between Bronze and Iron Ages in the North Caucasus — Fedor S. Sharko, Eugenia S. Boulygina, Svetlana V. Tsygankova, Natalia V. Slobodova, Sergey M. Rastorguev, Anna A. Krasivskaya, Andrej B. Belinsky, Heinrich Härke, Anna A. Kadieva, Sergej V. Demidenko, Vladimir Yu. Malashev, Tatiana Yu. Shvedchikova, Maria V. Dobrovolskaya, Irina K. Reshetova, Dmitry S. Korobov, Artem V. Nedoluzhko (2024)Source linked to entity record arch_srsc1_koban_culture.
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion