Bronze/early Iron Age Saka archaeological culture of the Minusinsk Basin in South Siberia, one of ancient Eurasia's largest bronze-smelting centers, named for an island in the Yenisei River opposite Minusinsk.
Succeeded by the Tashtyk culture around the 1st century BC-1st century AD as Xiongnu-era steppe influence reorganized South Siberia.
Situates the South Siberian Tagar bronze-working culture within the wider Scythian-world steppe network.