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The Kitoi culture is an Early Neolithic archaeological culture.

Description
Early Kitoi 8000-7000 BP Late Kitoi 7000-6100 BP

Material culture
nephrite adzes elk head art

Neolithic based on presence of pottery, not agriculture

Genetic studies
mtDNA same 5 haplogroups shared by Glaskovo difference in frequency More D, F SG - more A. C G2a Kitoi - closest moderns = Shorians + Kets SG much closer to modern Siberian populations, closest to Egyin Gol (Xiongnu). do not share a common matrilineal origin Kitoi mtDNA frequency stable over time.

Kitoi-Ket cultural sims fishing, sacrificing & burying dogs w/dead none w/Shorians

Sites

 * Lokomotiv 52°17′13′′N, 104°14′57′′E - largest Neolithic cemetery in North Asia.
 * Shamanka II 51°41′54′′N, 103°42′11′′E
 * Khotoruk 52°47′05′′N, 106°31′43′′E
 * Ust'-Belaia
 * Galashikha