Geographical range | Xinjiang |
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Dates | 9-7th centuries BCE |
Major sites | 46°22′40″N 87°51′05″E / 46.377732°N 87.851256°E |
Preceded by | Karasuk culture |
Followed by | Aldy-Bel culture, Pazyryk culture, Tagar culture |
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Dongtalede (Ch: 东塔勒德) is an archaeological site in Xinjiang with numerous artifacts riminescent of the Scytho-Siberian art of Central Asia. It is dated to the 9th-7th century BCE. The site has been of primary importance in understanding how new gold-crafting technology developed in Northwest China during the early Iron Age, following the arrival of new technological skills from the central Asian steppes. [2] These technological and artistic exchanges attest to the magnitude of communication networks between China and the Mediterranean, even long before the establishment of the Silk Road. [2] [3]