entity · geo_pamir_vakhsh_frame
Pamirs, Vakhsh and southern Tajik research frame
A research frame for mountain corridors, valleys and mortuary assemblages south of the Zeravshan and west of the Pamirs.
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
moderateRevised chronology is preferred over inherited culture-historical conversion.
- informs · contextualizes
The 'classical Vakhsh culture': a Bronze Age culture of the 3rd and early 2nd millennium in southern Tajikistan — Mike Teufer (2021)Defines the Vakhsh archaeological and geographic problem.
Locator: Regional setting and chronological synthesis
Research description
The archaeology includes earlier Vakhsh and Bishkent debates, later mountain use, and links toward Bactria and the Indus regions. The frame avoids assigning language or ethnicity to mortuary taxonomies and preserves chronological disputes.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
The 'classical Vakhsh culture': a Bronze Age culture of the 3rd and early 2nd millennium in southern Tajikistan — Mike Teufer (2021)Defines the Vakhsh archaeological and geographic problem.
Locator: Regional setting and chronological synthesis
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for geo_pamir_vakhsh_frame · geography assertion