Editing Androphagi (section)

==Archaeology==
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The Androphagi archaeologically belonged to the [[Scythian culture]], and they corresponded to its Sula group, which was the largest Scythian culture group of the eastern European forest steppe zone.{{sfn|Sulimirski|1985|p=185}}

The Donets, Sula and Vorskla groups of the Scythian culture, respectively corresponding to the [[Melanchlaeni]], Androphagi, and [[Budini]], are sometimes grouped the Zolnichnaya (that is "Ash-Mounds") culture because of the presence of several {{Transliteration|uk|zolnyk}} ({{lang|uk|зольник}}), that is ash mounds containing refuse from kitchens and other sources, near dwellings.{{sfn|Sulimirski|Taylor|1991|p=586}} The three groups of the Zolnichnaya culture were closely related to each other, with the Vorskla group nevertheless exhibiting enough significant differences from the Sula and Donets groups that the latter two are sometimes grouped together as a Sula-Donets group distinct from the Vorskla group.{{sfn|Sulimirski|Taylor|1991|p=586}}

The earliest Scythians had belonged to the [[Srubnaya culture]] culture,{{sfn|Sulimirski|1985|p=168-169}} and, like the Donets group of the Scythian culture which corresponds to the [[Melanchlaeni]], the Sula group of the Scythian culture contained an important element of the [[Srubnaya culture]] in its substratum, although there were some differences between the Donets and Sula groups.{{sfn|Sulimirski|1985|p=187}}