entity · site_begash
Begash
A repeatedly occupied pastoral settlement with long stratigraphy and evidence for crop and animal use.
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.
2400 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
highContextual record outside all or part of the primary interval.
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Long-Term Occupation and Seasonal Settlement of Eastern Eurasian Pastoralists at Begash, Kazakhstan — Michael D. Frachetti, Alexei N. Mar'yashev (2007)Documents repeated occupation.
Locator: Stratigraphic phases and calibrated dates - informs · provides scientific evidence
Earliest direct evidence for broomcorn millet and wheat in the central Eurasian steppe region — Michael D. Frachetti, Robert N. Spengler III, Gayle J. Fritz, Alexei N. Mar'yashev (2010)Documents crop movement and ritual deposition.
Locator: Early crop contexts and direct dates
Research description
Multiple phases show recurring use rather than a single permanent village or long abandonment. Begash illustrates flexible settlement and exchange; it is not a caravan station on a historical Silk Road.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
Long-Term Occupation and Seasonal Settlement of Eastern Eurasian Pastoralists at Begash, Kazakhstan — Michael D. Frachetti, Alexei N. Mar'yashev (2007)Documents repeated occupation.
Locator: Stratigraphic phases and calibrated dates - informs · provides scientific evidence
Earliest direct evidence for broomcorn millet and wheat in the central Eurasian steppe region — Michael D. Frachetti, Robert N. Spengler III, Gayle J. Fritz, Alexei N. Mar'yashev (2010)Documents crop movement and ritual deposition.
Locator: Early crop contexts and direct dates
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for site_begash · geography assertion