entity · site_taldysai
Taldysai
Also known as: Taldysay
A metallurgical settlement with Petrovka and Alakul/Fedorovo phases.
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.
1900 BCE–1500 BCE
Precision: range
highAbsolute dates and phase attribution are combined.
- informs · provides archaeological observation
In the heat of the furnaces: 300 years of metalmaking at Bronze Age Taldysai, central Kazakhstan — Ilaria Calgaro, Antonina Sergeevna Yermolayeva, Miljana Radivojevic (2026)Provides site, chronology and production evidence.
Locator: Site coordinates, stratigraphy and metallurgical results
Research description
Furnaces, slags and metal analyses document several centuries of copper and alloy production. Production evidence does not identify one mine-to-market route or exclusive controlling polity.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
In the heat of the furnaces: 300 years of metalmaking at Bronze Age Taldysai, central Kazakhstan — Ilaria Calgaro, Antonina Sergeevna Yermolayeva, Miljana Radivojevic (2026)Provides site, chronology and production evidence.
Locator: Site coordinates, stratigraphy and metallurgical results
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for site_taldysai · geography assertion