What is the evidence?

observation

Excavated settlement materials form an important eastern Ferghana sequence compared with Chust assemblages.

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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.

Preferred assertion

1400 BCE–1000 BCE

Precision: range

low

Working range preserves source uncertainty and should be refined with site-level dates.

Interpretation and caveats

Osh shows that Ferghana archaeology crosses modern republic boundaries and contains local variants rather than one uniform material package.

Event context

Classification

Event type: settlement occupation

Evidence layer: archaeological

Timeline role: regional core

Why it matters to the timeline

The event provides required Kyrgyz Ferghana coverage and a republic-specific research tradition.

Research notes

  • Provides the site occupation evidence. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Site monograph and Late Bronze sequence.

Evidence and sources

Where to go next

Referenced records