entity · arch_srsc1_talysh_mugan_culture
Talysh–Mugan archaeological horizon
Also known as: Talysh-Mugan culture, Talysh-Mughan culture
A regional archaeological classification for cemeteries and assemblages spanning the Talysh highlands and adjacent Caspian lowlands.
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.
1400 BCE–700 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · defines or contextualizes classification
Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Grave Monuments and Burial Customs of Lerik District (The Ethno-Archaeological Research Based on the Excavations of French Archaeologist Jacques de Morgan) — A. M. Aghalarzade (2017)
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion - informs · defines or contextualizes classification
‘Warrior’s Grave’ in the South-Eastern Region of Azerbaijan: The Arvana Kurgan — A. M. Agalarzade (2026)
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion - informs · defines or contextualizes classification
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion
Research description
The name is a modern archaeological category. It is not equated with a modern Talysh ethnic territory or one political formation.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Archaeological label, not an ethnicity
A modern archaeological classification based on material patterns rather than a secure ancient self-identified people.
Why does this record have this property?
The record groups material, chronological, or regional evidence. No assignment of language, ancestry, ancient self-designation, or modern national continuity follows from the label alone.
- The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age
supports assignment · Regional culture classification and cautions - The Making of Bronze Age Eurasia
contextualizes · Mobility, interaction, and culture models
Evidence and sources
- contextualizes · defines or contextualizes classification
Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Grave Monuments and Burial Customs of Lerik District (The Ethno-Archaeological Research Based on the Excavations of French Archaeologist Jacques de Morgan) — A. M. Aghalarzade (2017)Source linked to entity record arch_srsc1_talysh_mugan_culture.
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion - contextualizes · defines or contextualizes classification
‘Warrior’s Grave’ in the South-Eastern Region of Azerbaijan: The Arvana Kurgan — A. M. Agalarzade (2026)Source linked to entity record arch_srsc1_talysh_mugan_culture.
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion - contextualizes · defines or contextualizes classification
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)Source linked to entity record arch_srsc1_talysh_mugan_culture.
Locator: Relevant chronology, regional synthesis, or assemblage discussion