Returning to the question of the role of Kelteminar culture in the history of Eurasia of the Neolithic – early Bronze Age

Understanding the issues of the historical development of Eurasia that have accumulated over many years is impossible without the equal participation of all scientifi c disciplines. Due to the specifi city of its methods, archaeology seems to recede into the background, giving way to the natural sciences (genetics) and the most accurate of the humanities, namely linguistics. This article is nothing more than another attempt, using traditional archaeological methods, to draw attention once again to archaeological cultures located on a vast territory in the very heart of Eurasia. First of all, we are talking about the Kelteminar cultural and historical community, its relationships with neighboring com munities, participation in the genesis of the Yamnaya and especially Fatyanovo cultures. Inevitably, this analysis touches upon the problems of the Proto- Indo-European (PIE) language community, its localization and areal connections