entity · arch_srsc1_manas_group
Manas group
Also known as: Manas archaeological group
An eastern Caucasian local archaeological group discussed as part of continuity and transition debates.
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.
1400 BCE–900 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · defines or contextualizes classification
Continuity of the Manas Group of Sites and Kayakent-Khorochoy Culture of the Bronze Age in the Northeast Caucasus — Gamzat D. Ataev, Tufan I. Akhundov (2022)
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion - informs · defines or contextualizes classification
On the Monuments of the Late Stage of the Kayakent-Khorochoy Culture of the North-Eastern Caucasus — Gamzat D. Ataev (2025)
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion
Research description
It is retained as a regional classification rather than treated as an ethnic group. Possible overlap with late Kayakent–Kharachoi requires specialist review.
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
Continuity of the Manas Group of Sites and Kayakent-Khorochoy Culture of the Bronze Age in the Northeast Caucasus — Gamzat D. Ataev, Tufan I. Akhundov (2022)Source linked to entity record arch_srsc1_manas_group.
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion - contextualizes · defines or contextualizes classification
On the Monuments of the Late Stage of the Kayakent-Khorochoy Culture of the North-Eastern Caucasus — Gamzat D. Ataev (2025)Source linked to entity record arch_srsc1_manas_group.
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion