Aldy-Bel culture

Typologically, the monuments are adjacent to similar kurgan burials in different areas of Tuva.

They are rounded or oval mounds of boulders or rock fragments with larger stones at the base, 8 to 12 m across and 1 m height on average, grouped in pairs or occasionally three, located next to each other along a north–south axis.

The main burial is orientated with its head to the west, the others may somewhat deviate depending on their location in the kurgan.

[6] So-called "moustached kurgans" with stone curves, most typical for Early Nomads of Kazakhstan, are also known in Tuva.

[7] Aldy-Bel art depicts images of animals in tiptoe position and compositions of entwined figures in a form of "mysterious picture".

Aldy-Bel art complex is numerous and varied, most typical for the early Scythian time, reflecting very stable cultural tradition.

In terms of physical anthropology, the population of the Aldy-Bel culture, which lived in the mountainous regions of the Altai and Sayan Mountains (central Tuva) was closely related to the early Scythians of the Northern Altai region.

[19] In addition to kinship with the neighboring Mayemir and Tasmolin cultures, many Aldy-Bel structural and artistic similarities extend further to the west, to the Tagisken and Uygarak complexes of Central-Asia.

Savinov, the broad region from central Kazakhstan to the Yenisei was affected by migrations not detected in archaeological evidence, mainly from west to east.

Multidimensional scaling of the Aldy-Bel and other ancient populations from Eurasia, based on mtDNA sequences. [ 2 ]
Arzhan-2 gold bracelet, Tuva National Museum . Arzhan 2 kurgan (7th-6th centuries BC), is associated with the Aldy-Bel culture. [ 5 ]
Genetic makeup of Bronze and Iron Age Steppe populations