event · evt_srsc1_talysh_mugan_cemetery_systems
Talysh–Mugan cemetery systems across mountain and Caspian zones
Varied kurgan, stone, and other grave forms document Late Bronze and Early Iron Age mortuary practices in the Talysh highlands and adjacent lowlands.
What is the evidence?
observation
Varied kurgan, stone, and other grave forms document Late Bronze and Early Iron Age mortuary practices in the Talysh highlands and adjacent lowlands.Mortuary diversity is documented, while cross-border chronology and settlement evidence remain uneven.
Inspect the sources →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–800 BCE
Precision: range
Chronology model: release preferred synthesis
moderatePreferred display range synthesized from the cited source roles. It preserves a range and does not imply every component occurred continuously or synchronously.
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Grave Monuments and Burial Customs of Lerik District (The Ethno-Archaeological Research Based on the Excavations of French Archaeologist Jacques de Morgan) — A. M. Aghalarzade (2017)Provides the Lerik mortuary synthesis.
Locator: Regional grave typology and chronology - supports · provides dated case
‘Warrior’s Grave’ in the South-Eastern Region of Azerbaijan: The Arvana Kurgan — A. M. Agalarzade (2026)Adds a specific eleventh–tenth-century BCE context.
Locator: Arvana warrior grave and phase attribution - contextualizes · contextualizes
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)Provides cross-border comparison.
Locator: Eastern South Caucasian and Caspian sequences
Interpretation and caveats
The archaeological horizon is regionally diverse and cannot be equated with a modern ethnic territory or a uniform political formation.
Event context
Classification
Event type: regional mortuary development
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Talysh–Mugan archaeological horizon, Lerik Late Bronze–Early Iron cemetery group, Caspian Azerbaijan and Talysh-Mugan zone
Why it matters to the timeline
The event supplies required eastern Azerbaijan and Caspian-facing coverage.
Research notes
- Provides the Lerik mortuary synthesis. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Regional grave typology and chronology.
- Adds a specific eleventh–tenth-century BCE context. Role: provides dated case. Locator: Arvana warrior grave and phase attribution.
- Provides cross-border comparison. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Eastern South Caucasian and Caspian sequences.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Grave Monuments and Burial Customs of Lerik District (The Ethno-Archaeological Research Based on the Excavations of French Archaeologist Jacques de Morgan) — A. M. Aghalarzade (2017)Provides the Lerik mortuary synthesis.
Locator: Regional grave typology and chronology - supports · provides dated case
‘Warrior’s Grave’ in the South-Eastern Region of Azerbaijan: The Arvana Kurgan — A. M. Agalarzade (2026)Adds a specific eleventh–tenth-century BCE context.
Locator: Arvana warrior grave and phase attribution - contextualizes · contextualizes
The Archaeology of the Caucasus: From Earliest Settlements to the Iron Age — Antonio Sagona (2017)Provides cross-border comparison.
Locator: Eastern South Caucasian and Caspian sequences