event · evt_dalverzin_ferghana_aggregation
Large settlement occupation at Dalverzin in Ferghana
Dalverzin preserves a large settlement assemblage within the Chust and Early Iron Age sequence.
What is the evidence?
observation
Dalverzin preserves a large settlement assemblage within the Chust and Early Iron Age sequence.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–900 BCE
Precision: range
lowWorking range preserves source uncertainty and should be refined with site-level dates.
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Drevnezemledelcheskaya kul'tura Fergany: Materialy i issledovaniya po arkheologii SSSR 118 — Yu. A. Zadneprovskii (1962)Provides foundational context.
Locator: Settlement inventory and regional sequence - informs · provides scientific evidence
Animal exploitation in the oases: an archaeozoological review of Iron Age sites in southern Central Asia — Johanna Lhuillier, Marjan Mashkour (2017)Adds economic evidence.
Locator: Dalverzin faunal comparison
Interpretation and caveats
Its scale is significant, but urban, capital and state labels remain unproven and the site must be disambiguated from Bactrian Dalverzin Tepe.
Event context
Classification
Event type: large settlement occupation
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Dalverzin settlement, Ferghana, Chust culture, Ferghana Valley
Why it matters to the timeline
The event adds required Ferghana settlement coverage while explicitly controlling a common site-name ambiguity.
Research notes
- Provides foundational context. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Settlement inventory and regional sequence.
- Adds economic evidence. Role: provides scientific evidence. Locator: Dalverzin faunal comparison.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Drevnezemledelcheskaya kul'tura Fergany: Materialy i issledovaniya po arkheologii SSSR 118 — Yu. A. Zadneprovskii (1962)Provides foundational context.
Locator: Settlement inventory and regional sequence - informs · provides scientific evidence
Animal exploitation in the oases: an archaeozoological review of Iron Age sites in southern Central Asia — Johanna Lhuillier, Marjan Mashkour (2017)Adds economic evidence.
Locator: Dalverzin faunal comparison
Referenced records
- Ferghana Valley · entity
- Chust culture · entity
- Dalverzin settlement, Ferghana · entity