entity · geo_iran_afghanistan_indus_link
Iranian plateau, Afghanistan and Indus connection frame
A comparative frame for metals, crops, material parallels and debated population movement south and southwest of Central Asia.
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.
2000 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
moderateWorking range preserves source uncertainty and should be refined with site-level dates.
- informs · critiques interpretation
Archaeology and language: the Indo-Iranians — C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky (2002)Provides the core methodological caution against archaeological-language equivalence.
Locator: Full article and responses
Research description
Evidence can support provenance, exchange, shared technology or individual mobility at different scales. No Vedic, Iranian or Indo-Aryan identity is assigned without independent linguistic or textual evidence.
Evidence and sources
- informs · critiques interpretation
Archaeology and language: the Indo-Iranians — C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky (2002)Provides the core methodological caution against archaeological-language equivalence.
Locator: Full article and responses
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for geo_iran_afghanistan_indus_link · geography assertion