entity · geo_tien_shan_highlands
Tien Shan highlands and piedmonts
A mountain research frame encompassing high-altitude farms, seasonal pastures, passes and piedmont settlements.
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
highChap has direct dates but local features should not be projected valley-wide.
- informs · contextualizes
High-Altitude Agro-Pastoralism in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan: New Excavations of the Chap Farmstead (1065-825 cal BCE) — Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, Kubatbek Tabaldiev, Taylor Hermes, Elina Ananyevskaya, Mindaugas Grikpedis, Elise Luneau, Inga Merkyte, Lynne M. Rouse (2020)Supports high-altitude agropastoral occupation and local irrigation.
Locator: Introduction, landscape setting and excavation results
Research description
Aigyrzhal, Chap, Surungur and adjacent evidence shows repeated use of highland environments and diverse subsistence strategies. No single linear route or fixed pastoral frontier is drawn across the mountain system.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
High-Altitude Agro-Pastoralism in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan: New Excavations of the Chap Farmstead (1065-825 cal BCE) — Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, Kubatbek Tabaldiev, Taylor Hermes, Elina Ananyevskaya, Mindaugas Grikpedis, Elise Luneau, Inga Merkyte, Lynne M. Rouse (2020)Supports high-altitude agropastoral occupation and local irrigation.
Locator: Introduction, landscape setting and excavation results
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for geo_tien_shan_highlands · geography assertion