event · evt_dzharkutan_long_transition
Long settlement transition at Dzharkutan
Settlement and mortuary sequences continue across changing Sapalli-Molali and later southern Central Asian phases.
What is the evidence?
observation
Settlement and mortuary sequences continue across changing Sapalli-Molali and later southern Central Asian 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.
1600 BCE–1000 BCE
Precision: range
moderateWorking range preserves source uncertainty and should be refined with site-level dates.
- informs · contextualizes
Questioning the Oxus Civilization or Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Culture (BMAC): an overview — Bertille Lyonnet, Nadezhda A. Dubova (2021)Provides the transition framework.
Locator: Bactrian settlement 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)Supports economic variation and continuity.
Locator: Regional archaeozoological comparison
Interpretation and caveats
Dzharkutan shows continuity, economic flexibility and local transformation rather than a single destruction horizon.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement continuity and transformation
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Dzharkutan / Jarkutan, Sapalli-Molali sequence, Yaz I / Early Iron Age 1 horizon
Why it matters to the timeline
The site directly provides southern Uzbekistan and Afghanistan-facing Bactrian coverage.
Research notes
- Provides the transition framework. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Bactrian settlement sequence.
- Supports economic variation and continuity. Role: provides scientific evidence. Locator: Regional archaeozoological comparison.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Questioning the Oxus Civilization or Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Culture (BMAC): an overview — Bertille Lyonnet, Nadezhda A. Dubova (2021)Provides the transition framework.
Locator: Bactrian settlement 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)Supports economic variation and continuity.
Locator: Regional archaeozoological comparison
Referenced records
- Yaz I / Early Iron Age 1 horizon · entity
- Sapalli-Molali sequence · entity
- Dzharkutan / Jarkutan · entity