entity · site_gonur_depe
Gonur Depe
A major fortified and monumental settlement of the BMAC period.
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–1600 BCE
Precision: range
moderateContextual record outside all or part of the primary interval.
- informs · contextualizes
Questioning the Oxus Civilization or Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Culture (BMAC): an overview — Bertille Lyonnet, Nadezhda A. Dubova (2021)Provides the regional and chronological context.
Locator: Gonur and Margiana overview - informs · contextualizes
Irrigating the Desert: A New Archaeology of Water Management in the Murghab Delta, Turkmenistan — Michele Arciero (2025)Places the site in a changing delta system.
Locator: Settlement and water-management history
Research description
Its mature phases largely predate the release interval, while its end and regional aftermath frame post-BMAC change. Gonur is not used as the territorial capital of a proven Oxus empire without independent political evidence.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Questioning the Oxus Civilization or Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Culture (BMAC): an overview — Bertille Lyonnet, Nadezhda A. Dubova (2021)Provides the regional and chronological context.
Locator: Gonur and Margiana overview - informs · contextualizes
Irrigating the Desert: A New Archaeology of Water Management in the Murghab Delta, Turkmenistan — Michele Arciero (2025)Places the site in a changing delta system.
Locator: Settlement and water-management history