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Issyk kurgan field

a Pleiades place resource

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Saka burial ground in modern Issyk, Kazakhstan, containing over 40 kurgans dated from the 4th-3rd centuries BCE. The primary kurgan contained the burial of a richly-dressed individual now known as the "Golden Man."

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/651056358

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
43.3914013597, 77.3945666605

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Issyk kurgan field (400 BC - 201 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Esik kurgan (Turkish, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

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Issyk kurgan field receives connections from:

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Place type:
catacomb, cemetery, necropolis, tumulus

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, 'Issyk kurgan field: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/651056358> [accessed: 25 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/651056358 |title=Places: 651056358 (Issyk kurgan field) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=April 25, 2024 10:36 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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