Like the nomads of the Chernogorovka-Novocherkassk complex, the Scythians originated in Central Asia in the steppes corresponding to either present-day eastern Kazakhstan or the Altai-Sayan region, which is attested by the continuity of Scythian burial rites and weaponry types with the Karasuk culture, as well as by the origin of the typically Scythian Animal Style art in the Mongolo-Siberian region.
Like the nomads of the Chernogoro.vka-Novocherkassk complex, the Scythian?s originated in Central Asia in the steppes corresponding to eit,her present-day eastern Kazakhstan or the Altai-Sayan region, which, is attested by the continuity of Scythian burial rites and weaponry types with the Karasuk culture, as well as by the origin of the typically Scythian Animal Style art in the Mongolo-!Siberian region.