entity · site_semiyarka
Semiyarka
A very large planned settlement and metallurgical landscape identified through geophysics and surface research.
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–1100 BCE
Precision: range
moderateAbsolute dating is explicitly pending; duration may be discontinuous.
- informs · provides archaeological observation
A major city of the Kazakh Steppe? Investigating Semiyarka's Bronze Age legacy — Miljana Radivojevic, Dan Lawrence, Victor K. Merz, Ilya V. Merz, Elena Demidkova, Mark Woolston-Houshold, Richie Villis, Peter J. Brown (2025)Provides the current site evidence and explicit research questions.
Locator: Geophysical survey, 140 ha extent and metallurgy
Research description
Earthworks, buildings, slag and tin-bronze production suggest a major aggregation with Cherkaskul and Alekseevka-Sargary materials. The label city remains provisional until excavation and absolute dating test function, population and duration.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
A major city of the Kazakh Steppe? Investigating Semiyarka's Bronze Age legacy — Miljana Radivojevic, Dan Lawrence, Victor K. Merz, Ilya V. Merz, Elena Demidkova, Mark Woolston-Houshold, Richie Villis, Peter J. Brown (2025)Provides the current site evidence and explicit research questions.
Locator: Geophysical survey, 140 ha extent and metallurgy
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for site_semiyarka · geography assertion