Arkaim

Local nameукреплённое поселение Аркаим
LocationChelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Arkaim is an archaeological site, dated to c. 2050-1900 BCE, of an ancient fortified settlement, belonging to Sintashta culture, situated in the steppe of the Southern Urals, 8.2 km north-northwest of the village of Amursky and 2.3 km east-southeast of the village of Alexandrovsky in the Chelyabinsk Oblast of Russia, just north of the border with Kazakhstan.

It was discovered in 1987 by a team of archaeologists which later came under the leadership of Gennady Zdanovich. The realization of its importance unprecedentedly forestalled the planned flooding of the area for a reservoir. The construction of Arkaim is attributed to the early Proto-Indo-Iranian-speakers of the Sintashta culture, which some scholars believe represents the proto-Indo-Iranians before their split into different groups and migration to Central Asia and from there to Persia, India and other parts of Eurasia.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkaim

Address Russia

Coordinates 52°38'57.029" N 59°34'17.395" E

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