Saka (Central Asian Scythian) nomadic Iron Age archaeological culture of the Altai Mountains, known for frozen kurgan burials that preserved mummified riders, tattoos, felt/wool textiles, and the famous Pazyryk carpet.
Faded out by the 3rd century BC as the Altai steppe nomads were absorbed into or displaced by the wider Xiongnu-era steppe reorganization.
Covers the Pazyryk kurgans as a key material-culture window into Scythian-world steppe nomadism.