| Dongtalede | |
| Region: | Xinjiang |
| Dates: | 9-7th centuries BCE |
| Precededby: | Karasuk culture |
| Followedby: | Aldy-Bel culture, Pazyryk culture, Tagar culture |
Dongtalede (Ch: 东塔勒德) is an archaeological site in Xinjiang with numerous artifacts riminescent of the Scytho-Siberian art of Central Asia. It is dated to the 9th-7th century BCE. The site has been of primary importance in understanding how new gold-crafting technology developed in Northwest China during the early Iron Age, following the arrival of new technological skills from the central Asian steppes.[1] These technological and artistic exchanges attest to the magnitude of communication networks between China and the Mediterranean, even long before the establishment of the Silk Road.[1]