event · evt_archaic_dehistan_settlement_irrigation
Archaic Dehistan settlement and water-management development
Settlement and irrigation-related evidence develops across the eastern Caspian plain in broad Late Bronze and Early Iron Age phases.
What is the evidence?
observation
Settlement and irrigation-related evidence develops across the eastern Caspian plain in broad Late Bronze and Early Iron Age phases.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–800 BCE
Precision: range
lowWorking range preserves source uncertainty and should be refined with site-level dates.
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Vehrkana and Dehistan: Late farming communities of South-West Turkmenistan from the Iron Age to the Islamic period — Olivier Lecomte (1999)Provides the regional evidence and broad chronology.
Locator: Settlement and irrigation synthesis
Interpretation and caveats
The evidence establishes occupation and water management but not a continuous seven-century canal system or fixed political territory.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement and water management development
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Archaic Dehistan assemblage, Eastern Caspian and Dehistan plain
Why it matters to the timeline
The event provides required eastern Caspian coverage while preserving major chronological gaps.
Research notes
- Provides the regional evidence and broad chronology. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Settlement and irrigation synthesis.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Vehrkana and Dehistan: Late farming communities of South-West Turkmenistan from the Iron Age to the Islamic period — Olivier Lecomte (1999)Provides the regional evidence and broad chronology.
Locator: Settlement and irrigation synthesis
Referenced records
- Eastern Caspian and Dehistan plain · entity
- Archaic Dehistan assemblage · entity