Andronovo culture

In this episode, we explore the Andronovo culture, a far-reaching constellation of Late Bronze Age societies that stretched from the southern Urals to western China and deep into Central Asia between roughly 2000 and 1150 BCE. Drawing on the article's detailed overview, we examine their pastoral economy, metallurgical sophistication, and distinctive pottery traditions, while also tracing the archaeogenetic and linguistic evidence that links Andronovo populations to the early Indo-Iranians. As this episode unfolds, we highlight how their ancestry connects to earlier European cultures and how their migrations and interactions helped drive the spread of the Indo-Iranian language family across the Eurasian steppe.