Belozerka culture

Belozerka culture

Geographical range	Ukraine, Moldova
Period	Bronze Age
Dates	12th century - 10th century BCE
Preceded by	Srubnaya culture, Noua-Sabatinovka culture
Followed by	Belogrudov culture, Chernogorovka-Novocherkassk complex, Scythians

The Belozerka culture (Russian: Белозерская культура) or Bilozerka culture (Ukrainian: Білозерська культура) was a Late Bronze Age archaeological culture of the later (12th–10th centuries BCE) which replaced the Srubnaya culture on the steppes of Ukraine and Moldova. There are finds near the lower Don and in Kuban and Crimea. It was identified as an independent archaeological culture in the 1980s.

The remains consist of settlements, graves, workshops, treasures, and scattered other finds. The settlements consist of pit-houses, semi–pit-houses, and houses on flat ground with stone foundations, while the graves are tumuli and grave fields. The dead were buried on a wooden floor in a rectangular pit in the fetal position, usually lying on one side, with the head oriented toward the south. Grave goods consisted of one or two wooden vessels, rarely metallic objects.

The culture is associated with the Cimmerians, and it was replaced by the Belogrudov culture and later the Scythians.