entity · geo_murghab_delta
Murghab Delta and Margiana oasis system
Also known as: Murgab Delta
An oasis and palaeochannel research frame containing urban, village, mobile and irrigation-related archaeological records.
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.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
highWorking range preserves source uncertainty and should be refined with site-level dates.
- informs · contextualizes
Irrigating the Desert: A New Archaeology of Water Management in the Murghab Delta, Turkmenistan — Michele Arciero (2025)Supports treatment of the Murghab as a dynamic water-management and settlement system.
Locator: Landscape, canal and settlement synthesis
Research description
Settlement patterns changed as channels shifted and institutions reorganized, but local occupation did not reduce to a single abandonment event. The frame represents a changing environmental and settlement system rather than a fixed BMAC territory.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Irrigating the Desert: A New Archaeology of Water Management in the Murghab Delta, Turkmenistan — Michele Arciero (2025)Supports treatment of the Murghab as a dynamic water-management and settlement system.
Locator: Landscape, canal and settlement synthesis
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for geo_murghab_delta · geography assertion