geography assertion · geo_desc_murghab
Geography assertion for geo_murghab_delta
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: not recorded. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Geography and uncertainty
geometry type
oasis_system_descriptorcoordinate status
no_geometrycoordinate confidence
moderatevalid from
- era
- BCE
- year
- 1600
valid to
- era
- BCE
- year
- 800
explanation
A non-geometric descriptor for changing channels, irrigation and settlements. No BMAC or Yaz political polygon is inferred.uncertainty warning
No geometry supplied because the source does not define defensible vertices or a fixed ancient boundary.Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Irrigating the Desert: A New Archaeology of Water Management in the Murghab Delta, Turkmenistan — Michele Arciero (2025)Supports the non-geometric spatial description.
Locator: Landscape and water-management synthesis