Botai
Botai
Ботай | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Botai Location within Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 53°18′11″N 67°38′42″E / 53.303°N 67.645°ECoordinates: 53°18′11″N 67°38′42″E / 53.303°N 67.645°E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | North Kazakhstan Region |
| District | Aiyrtau District |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 84 |
Botai (Kazakh: Ботай, Botai) is a village in Aiyrtau District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. Its KATO code is 593246200.[1]
The village gives its name to a , the type site of the Botai culture, which dates to the Eneolithic period (c. 3500 BCE) and has produced some of the earliest evidence for the domestication of the horse.[2]
References[]
- ^ "База КАТО". Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. Archived from the original on 2013-12-25.
- ^ Gaunitz, Charleen; Fages, Antoine; Hanghøj, Kristian; Albrechtsen, Anders; Khan, Naveed; Schubert, Mikkel; Seguin-Orlando, Andaine; Owens, Ivy J.; Felkel, Sabine; Bignon-Lau, Olivier; Damgaard, Peter de Barros (2018-04-06). "Ancient genomes revisit the ancestry of domestic and Przewalski's horses". Science. 360 (6384): 111–114. doi:10.1126/science.aao3297. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 29472442.
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