The Chernogorivka and Novocherkassk cultures (c. 900 to 650 BC) are Iron Age steppe cultures in Ukraine and Russia, centered between the Prut and the lower Don. They are pre-Scythian cultures, associated with the Cimmerians. In 1971 the Vysokaja Mogila kurgan (graves number 2 and 5) was excavated in the Lower Dnieper River basin. Grave number 5 dates to the late Chernogorivka period (900–750 BC) and grave number 2 to the younger Novocherkassk period (750–650 BC). The Novocherkassk culture expands to a larger area between the Danube and the Volga and is associated with the Eastern European Thraco-Cimmerian artefacts. References SOME PROBLEMS IN THE STUDY OF THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT NOMADIC CULTURES IN EURASIA GEOCHRONOMETRIA Vol. 21, pp 143–150, 2002 – Journal on Methods and Applications of Absolute Chronology Archaeological cultures of Eastern Europe Archaeological cultures in Russia Archaeological cultures in Ukraine Indo-European archaeological cultures Iron Age cultures of Europe Nomadic groups in Eurasia Cimmerians Novocherkassk