Tom is dedicated to the nomads of the early Iron Age (VII century BC - IV century BC. e.), who inhabited the steppes of Asia from the Urals to Transbaikalia. The publication is based on archaeological material obtained during the excavation of funerary and domestic monuments. A comprehensive analysis of archaeological sources, together with information from ancient authors, allowed researchers to reconstruct the material and spiritual culture of ancient nomads, to give an idea of ​ ​ their economy, social structure, relationships with the surrounding settled population, and their economic development. For archaeologists, historians, ethnographers.