Anthropologists Challenge Stereotypes About Scythians in Ukraine
Anthropologists have found that the Scythians, who lived in the territory of Ukraine from the 8th to the 4th centuries BC, repeatedly settled down and engaged in agriculture, raised livestock, and practiced crafts. This research challenges the widespread stereotype of them as a nomadic people, reported by Uspih in UA.
Research Reveals Sedentary Lifestyle of Scythians
An international team of scientists from the US, Ukraine, Switzerland, Germany, South Africa, and Australia, led by Dr. Alicia R. Ventresca Miller from the University of Michigan, has established that most Scythians lived in settlements and used diverse diets, including domesticated crops, indicating their sedentary way of life.
Diverse Occupations Among Scythians Confirmed by Isotopic Analysis
Isotopic analysis of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and strontium in human remains from Scythian epoch burials in Ukraine has confirmed that the Scythians had diverse occupations and were not a homogeneous group, as previously believed.
