entity · arch_kairakkum
Kairakkum assemblage
A ceramic and settlement classification used in western Ferghana and Syr Darya archaeology.
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.
1500 BCE–1000 BCE
Precision: range
lowWorking range preserves source uncertainty and should be refined with site-level dates.
- informs · contextualizes
Drevnezemledelcheskaya kul'tura Fergany: Materialy i issledovaniya po arkheologii SSSR 118 — Yu. A. Zadneprovskii (1962)Provides the foundational comparative framework.
Locator: Regional comparison and Andronovo-related material discussion - informs · critiques interpretation
Origins of the Chust Culture of the Ferghana Valley — Muhammadjon Isamiddinov, Z. Rakhmanov (2023)Provides modern debate context.
Locator: Discussion of Chust formation and adjacent assemblages
Research description
Kairakkum materials overlap and interact with Chust and steppe-derived typological traditions. The label is treated as regionally defined material culture; its chronology and social interpretation need renewed absolute dating.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Drevnezemledelcheskaya kul'tura Fergany: Materialy i issledovaniya po arkheologii SSSR 118 — Yu. A. Zadneprovskii (1962)Provides the foundational comparative framework.
Locator: Regional comparison and Andronovo-related material discussion - informs · critiques interpretation
Origins of the Chust Culture of the Ferghana Valley — Muhammadjon Isamiddinov, Z. Rakhmanov (2023)Provides modern debate context.
Locator: Discussion of Chust formation and adjacent assemblages