entity · arch_sapalli_molali
Sapalli-Molali sequence
Also known as: Sapalli culture, Sappali culture, Molali phase
A Bactrian archaeological sequence encompassing fortified settlements, villages and changing mortuary traditions.
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.
2000 BCE–1400 BCE
Precision: range
moderateWorking range preserves source uncertainty and should be refined with site-level dates.
- informs · contextualizes
Questioning the Oxus Civilization or Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Culture (BMAC): an overview — Bertille Lyonnet, Nadezhda A. Dubova (2021)Provides broad chronological and cultural context.
Locator: Bactrian regional sequence and site overview - informs · contextualizes
Animal exploitation in the oases: an archaeozoological review of Iron Age sites in southern Central Asia — Johanna Lhuillier, Marjan Mashkour (2017)Supports later economic continuity and variation.
Locator: Southern Uzbekistan site comparison
Research description
Dzharkutan and related sites document long settlement histories and transitions into later southern Central Asian horizons. The sequence is not equated directly with a named ancient population or Vedic group.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Questioning the Oxus Civilization or Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Culture (BMAC): an overview — Bertille Lyonnet, Nadezhda A. Dubova (2021)Provides broad chronological and cultural context.
Locator: Bactrian regional sequence and site overview - informs · contextualizes
Animal exploitation in the oases: an archaeozoological review of Iron Age sites in southern Central Asia — Johanna Lhuillier, Marjan Mashkour (2017)Supports later economic continuity and variation.
Locator: Southern Uzbekistan site comparison