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entity · site_srsc1_marlik

Marlik cemetery

Also known as: Mārlik Tepe, Cheragh-Ali Tepe

A high-status cemetery in Gilan with rich metal vessels, weapons, ornaments, and a disputed chronology.

Evidence confidence: high
Awaiting expert reviewSouthern Russia and South Caucasus research expansion
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.

Preferred assertion

1400 BCE–900 BCE

Precision: approximate

  • informs · provides site or sequence evidence
    MĀRLIK — Kamyar Abdi (2000)
    Locator: Relevant site report, synthesis, or gazetteer record
  • informs · provides site or sequence evidence
    Marlik — Vici.org
    Locator: Relevant site report, synthesis, or gazetteer record

Research description

The cemetery is represented as a mortuary site, not a securely named kingdom or a map of south Caspian political control.

Evidence and sources

  • supports · provides site or sequence evidence
    MĀRLIK — Kamyar Abdi (2000)

    Source linked to entity record site_srsc1_marlik.


    Locator: Relevant site report, synthesis, or gazetteer record
  • supports · provides site or sequence evidence
    Marlik — Vici.org

    Source linked to entity record site_srsc1_marlik.


    Locator: Relevant site report, synthesis, or gazetteer record

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