The Sintashta fortified settlement in the southern Urals is dated to ca. 2000–1600 BC. It was excavated between 1968 and 1986 and gave its name to the Sintashta-Petrovka culture. The site is located in Chelyabinsk Oblast of Russia, ca. .

The burials of horses at Sintashta are quite remarkable, their legs being arranged so as to imitate running ^*. It would seem that this is the culture where the earliest chariot burial is found, ca. 2000 BC.

See also

• Andronovo culture
• Arkaim
• Petrovka
• chariot burial

Archaeological sites in Russia СинташтаSintasjta