event · evt_namazga_vi_transition
Namazga VI and Late Bronze Age reorganization on the Kopet Dag piedmont
Namazga Depe and related piedmont sequences show material and settlement change during the phase conventionally called Namazga VI.
What is the evidence?
observation
Namazga Depe and related piedmont sequences show material and settlement change during the phase conventionally called Namazga VI.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.
1800 BCE–1500 BCE
Precision: range
moderateContextual record outside all or part of the primary interval.
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Namazga-depe and the Late Bronze Age of Southern Turkmenia — L. I. Khlopina (1981)Provides the phase definition and chronology.
Locator: Namazga VI sequence and Late Bronze Age discussion
Interpretation and caveats
The phase marks local reorganization within a long tell sequence; it is not an ethnic replacement horizon and its absolute dates remain broad.
Event context
Classification
Event type: tell phase and settlement change
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Namazga VI, Namazga Depe, Kopet Dag piedmont
Why it matters to the timeline
The event directly covers Namazga and the Kopet Dag transition required by the brief.
Research notes
- Provides the phase definition and chronology. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Namazga VI sequence and Late Bronze Age discussion.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Namazga-depe and the Late Bronze Age of Southern Turkmenia — L. I. Khlopina (1981)Provides the phase definition and chronology.
Locator: Namazga VI sequence and Late Bronze Age discussion
Referenced records
- Kopet Dag piedmont · entity
- Namazga VI · entity
- Namazga Depe · entity