entity · arch_bmac_oxus
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex / Oxus Civilization
Also known as: BMAC, Oxus Civilization
An archaeological umbrella for urban, fortified, rural, craft and ritual assemblages across Bactria and Margiana.
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.
2300 BCE–1700 BCE
Precision: range
highContextual record outside all or part of the primary interval.
- informs · contextualizes
Questioning the Oxus Civilization or Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Culture (BMAC): an overview — Bertille Lyonnet, Nadezhda A. Dubova (2021)Defines the umbrella and its regional diversity.
Locator: Introduction, chronology and geographic scope
Research description
Settlement systems were regionally varied and changed before and around the beginning of the release interval. The label is not treated as a unitary empire, ethnic nation or language community.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Questioning the Oxus Civilization or Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Culture (BMAC): an overview — Bertille Lyonnet, Nadezhda A. Dubova (2021)Defines the umbrella and its regional diversity.
Locator: Introduction, chronology and geographic scope