event · evt_aigyrzhal_highland_use
Bronze Age use of Aigyrzhal-2 in the Naryn highlands
Bronze Age deposits and mortuary or ritual contexts occur at approximately 2005 m elevation.
What is the evidence?
observation
Bronze Age deposits and mortuary or ritual contexts occur at approximately 2005 m elevation.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–1500 BCE
Precision: range
moderateContextual record outside all or part of the primary interval.
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Ecology and subsistence at the Mesolithic and Bronze Age site of Aigyrzhal-2, Naryn valley, Kyrgyzstan — Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, Richard C. Preece, Shouqi Wang, Lidia Colominas, Aida Ohnuma, Aida Kume, Kubatbek Tabaldiev, Satoshi Kume (2017)Provides the highland evidence.
Locator: Bronze Age contexts, ecology and subsistence synthesis
Interpretation and caveats
The evidence demonstrates early highland use but does not establish continuous year-round farming or a fixed pastoral range.
Event context
Classification
Event type: highland occupation and mortuary activity
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Aigyrzhal-2, Tien Shan highlands and piedmonts
Why it matters to the timeline
Aigyrzhal-2 directly covers the Kyrgyz Tien Shan and the chronology of mountain occupation.
Research notes
- Provides the highland evidence. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Bronze Age contexts, ecology and subsistence synthesis.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Ecology and subsistence at the Mesolithic and Bronze Age site of Aigyrzhal-2, Naryn valley, Kyrgyzstan — Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, Richard C. Preece, Shouqi Wang, Lidia Colominas, Aida Ohnuma, Aida Kume, Kubatbek Tabaldiev, Satoshi Kume (2017)Provides the highland evidence.
Locator: Bronze Age contexts, ecology and subsistence synthesis
Referenced records
- Tien Shan highlands and piedmonts · entity
- Aigyrzhal-2 · entity