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Serovo-Glazkovo Culture

By K. Kris Hirst, About.com

Definition: The Serovo-Glazkovo culture refers to a Siberian Late Neolithic to Bronze Age culture (4200-3200 BP) located in the Baikal area. In the 1930s, Russian archaeologist A.P. Okladnikov identified three distinct, sequential hunter-gatherer societies in the Baikal region during the Holocene: Glazkovo, Kitoi and Serovo. Recent investigations by the University of Alberta suggest that a more useful description of the culture evolution of the Baikal is Kitoi followed by Serovo-Glazkovo. Glazkovo culture sites are characterized by burial mounds and burials in stone cists, copper knives and arm rings, nephrite rings and disks.

This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar. Any mistakes are the responsibility of Kris Hirst.
Examples: Khuzhir-Nuge XIV and Kurma XI, Siberia

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