Chernogorovka-Novocherkassk complex

The Chernogorovka-Novocherkassk complex (Ukrainian: Чорногорівська група, romanized: Chornohorivsjka hrupa), sometimes conventionally called the Cimmerian culture, is an archaeological complex associated with the first steppe nomads of ancient eastern and central Europe, especially with the Cimmerians. == Phases == The Chernogorovka-Novocherkassk complex covered two phases: the Chernogorovka phase, from c. 900 to c. 750 BC, named after Chernogorovka (Chornohorivka), in Siversk, Ukraine the Novocherkassk phase, from c. 750 to c. 650 BC, named after Novocherkassk in western Russia == History == === Origins === The Chernogorovka-Novocherkassk complex originated in the first wave of nomadic populations who originated in the parts of Central Asia corresponding to eastern Kazakhstan or the Altai-Sayan region, and who had, beginning in the 10th century BC and lasting until the 9th to 8th centuries BC, migrated westwards into the Pontic-Caspian Steppe regions, where they formed new tribal confederations which constituted the Chernogorovka-Novocherkassk complex.

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