entity · arch_amirabad
Amirabad tradition
An archaeological classification used for final Bronze and Early Iron Age settlement and ceramic assemblages in Khorezm.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
900 BCE–700 BCE
Precision: range
lowContextual record outside all or part of the primary interval.
- informs · provides historiography
ARCHAEOLOGY v. Pre-Islamic Central Asia — Vadim Mikhailovich Masson (1986)Supports cautious inclusion and identifies dating problems.
Locator: Review of Amirabad terminology and chronology
1000 BCE–700 BCE
Precision: range
Chronology model: regional or historiographic alternative
lowOnly 1000-800 BCE overlaps the wider transition window; the preferred package range remains 900-700 BCE.
- informs · provides chronological model
ARCHAEOLOGY v. Pre-Islamic Central Asia — Vadim Mikhailovich Masson (1986)Provides the broad alternative.
Locator: Amirabad chronology review
Research description
Its earliest phases overlap the lower boundary of this release, while chronology and relationship to Tazabagyab remain debated. Only the 900-800 BCE portion is treated as core; later material is contextual and no state territory is inferred.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides historiography
ARCHAEOLOGY v. Pre-Islamic Central Asia — Vadim Mikhailovich Masson (1986)Supports cautious inclusion and identifies dating problems.
Locator: Review of Amirabad terminology and chronology