event · evt_yaz_sine_sepulchro_emergence
Yaz I and Sine Sepulchro horizons emerge in southern Central Asia
Handmade ceramics, settlement reorganization and a scarcity of formal burials characterize varied regional assemblages.
What is the evidence?
observation
Handmade ceramics, settlement reorganization and a scarcity of formal burials characterize varied regional assemblages.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.
1500 BCE–1000 BCE
Precision: range
moderateWorking range preserves source uncertainty and should be refined with site-level dates.
- informs · provides historiography
Intercultural Interactions of the Sine Sepulchro Cultural Community (Handmade Painted Ware Cultures) of the Early Iron Age with the Neighbouring Cultures of Asia and the Near East — Johanna Lhuillier (2022)Provides the classification and cautions.
Locator: Definition, chronology and regional variants - 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)Shows continuity and flexible animal economies.
Locator: Regional economic variability
Interpretation and caveats
The horizon reflects multiple local transformations; the burial record is insufficient to prove one religious reform, Iranian tribe or population replacement.
Event context
Classification
Event type: material and mortuary horizon change
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Yaz I / Early Iron Age 1 horizon, Sine Sepulchro cultural complex, Iranian plateau, Afghanistan and Indus connection frame
Why it matters to the timeline
The event is central to the later Bronze and Early Iron Age transition across the southern oasis systems.
Research notes
- Provides the classification and cautions. Role: provides historiography. Locator: Definition, chronology and regional variants.
- Shows continuity and flexible animal economies. Role: provides scientific evidence. Locator: Regional economic variability.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides historiography
Intercultural Interactions of the Sine Sepulchro Cultural Community (Handmade Painted Ware Cultures) of the Early Iron Age with the Neighbouring Cultures of Asia and the Near East — Johanna Lhuillier (2022)Provides the classification and cautions.
Locator: Definition, chronology and regional variants - 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)Shows continuity and flexible animal economies.
Locator: Regional economic variability