Neolithic settlements in Kazakhstan date from at least 4000 BC. The Botai culture, which developed along the Ishim River, shows evidence of the domestication of horses and pottery decorated with geometric patterns. Later Bronze Age cultures included the Afanasievo and Andronovo cultures. From around 1000 BC various nomadic Indo-European and Uralic-speaking peoples, including the Alans, Budini, Huns, Madjars and Scythians, inhabited the Central Asian steppes.