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Arzhan-1

a Pleiades place resource

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Large (120 meters in diameter) burial mound outside the modern village of Arzhan in the Tuva Republic, with remains dated to the early Scythian period (8th-7th centuries BCE).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29276714

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
52.0615349208, 93.5972964049

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Arzhan-1 (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Аржан-1 (Arzhan-1: Russian, AD 1900 - AD 2099)

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Arzhan-1 receives connections from:

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Place type:
archaeological site, tumulus

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See Also:

Chugunov 2024

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, 'Arzhan-1: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29276714> [accessed: 22 July 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29276714 |title=Places: 29276714 (Arzhan-1) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=July 22, 2026 12:07 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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