Novotitarovskaya culture, also known as the Novotitorovka culture, was a

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archaeological culture which flourished in the

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ca. 3300–2700 BC. The Novotitarovskaya culture was located immediately to the north of and largely overlapping portions of the

Maykop culture The Maykop culture (, , scientific transliteration: ''Majkop,''), c. 3700 BC– 3000 BC, was a major Bronze Age archaeological culture in the western Caucasus region. It extends along the area from the Taman Peninsula at the Kerch Strait to ...

facing the Sea of Azov, running from the Kerch Strait eastwards, almost to the Caspian, roughly coterminous with the modern

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region of

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. It is distinguished by its burials, particularly by the presence of wagons in them and its own distinct

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, as well as a richer collection of metal objects than those found in adjacent cultures, as is to be expected considering its relationship to the Maykop culture. It is grouped with the larger

Yamnaya culture The Yamnaya culture or the Yamna culture (russian: Ямная культура, ua, Ямна культура lit. 'culture of pits'), also known as the Pit Grave culture or Ochre Grave culture, was a late Copper Age to early Bronze Age archa ...

complex, often supposed as bearer of the

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. In common with it, the economy was semi-nomadic

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mixed with some agriculture.

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