Maikop culture

The Maikop culture is a prehistoric culture of the northern Caucasus, ca. 3500 BC–2500 BC. It is associated with the beginning of the Bronze Age, the earliest Alloys of Copper with other metals (including Arsenic) were found here.

Kurgans, stone circles, bronze, gold, silver.

Part of the Kurgan culture in the theory of the origins of the Proto-Indo-Europeans of Marija Gimbutas.

See also

• Yamna culture
• Andronovo culture