sites in the region of the Tian Shan, Altai and Sayan mountains mark the presence of the so called " Siberian Scythians " —see the Pazyryk /pah-zeh-RIK/ culture in the Altai Mountains, the Tagar /ta-GAR/ culture along the upper Yenisei /YEH-ne-SEY/, [26] the Uyuk /oo-YOOK/ culture in Tyva. These archaeological cultures