Archaeological culture · c. 5500–3500 BCE

Kelteminar culture

Neolithic hunters, gatherers and fishers of the Karakum and Kyzylkum deserts and the deltas of the Amu Darya and Zeravshan, in today's Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. Whole communities of up to a hundred people could share one huge house, and over time they began to keep animals.

The culture was first described in 1939 by the Soviet Khorezm expedition.

See Kelteminar culture on the map in 5500 BCE →

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5500–3500 BCE