claim · claim_irrigation_dates_local
Irrigation features must be dated locally; proximity to a Bronze Age settlement does not date an entire canal network.
Irrigation features must be dated locally; proximity to a Bronze Age settlement does not date an entire canal network.
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Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
High-Altitude Agro-Pastoralism in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan: New Excavations of the Chap Farmstead (1065-825 cal BCE) — Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, Kubatbek Tabaldiev, Taylor Hermes, Elina Ananyevskaya, Mindaugas Grikpedis, Elise Luneau, Inga Merkyte, Lynne M. Rouse (2020)Provides a site-specific case.
Locator: Local irrigation features at Chap - supports · provides chronological model
Irrigating the Desert: A New Archaeology of Water Management in the Murghab Delta, Turkmenistan — Michele Arciero (2025)Provides the regional dating framework and limits.
Locator: Canal and palaeochannel chronology - supports · contextualizes
Vehrkana and Dehistan: Late farming communities of South-West Turkmenistan from the Iron Age to the Islamic period — Olivier Lecomte (1999)Provides a broad, less precise comparative case.
Locator: Dehistan irrigation evidence
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