entity · site_tauturgen
Tauturgen cemetery
A cemetery with a cheekpiece and ceramics used in discussions of vehicles and regional contacts.
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.
1550 BCE–1450 BCE
Precision: range
moderateWorking range preserves source uncertainty and should be refined with site-level dates.
- informs · provides archaeological observation
New Finds of the Late Bronze Age in the Southeastern Kazakhstan — Bauyrzhan B. Besetayev, Ilya V. Merts, Turaly Zh. Tulegenov (2024)Provides the site evidence and proposed date.
Locator: Mortuary context, cheekpiece and chronological comparison
Research description
Typological comparison places the relevant complex in the later sixteenth to early fifteenth century BCE. A cheekpiece indicates horse-control technology but does not by itself prove a chariot burial or mass migration.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides archaeological observation
New Finds of the Late Bronze Age in the Southeastern Kazakhstan — Bauyrzhan B. Besetayev, Ilya V. Merts, Turaly Zh. Tulegenov (2024)Provides the site evidence and proposed date.
Locator: Mortuary context, cheekpiece and chronological comparison