entity · site_tianshanbeilu
Tianshanbeilu cemetery
A major Bronze Age cemetery with diverse metals and material connections.
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.
1800 BCE–1000 BCE
Precision: range
moderateContextual record outside all or part of the primary interval.
- informs · provides scientific evidence
Metallurgy at the Crossroads: New Analyses of Copper-based Objects at Tianshanbeilu, Eastern Xinjiang, China — Cheng Liu, Ruiliang Liu, Pengcheng Zhou, Chun Lu, Zengxin Yang, A. Mark Pollard, Peter Hommel, Jian Ma, Jianfeng Cui, Peter Bray, Jianyi Tong, Jessica Rawson (2020)Provides the site-specific evidence.
Locator: Metal assemblage and analytical results
Research description
Scientific analysis supports multiple technological contacts across eastern Central Asia. The cemetery is cross-regional context and is not mapped as an extension of an Andronovo territory.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides scientific evidence
Metallurgy at the Crossroads: New Analyses of Copper-based Objects at Tianshanbeilu, Eastern Xinjiang, China — Cheng Liu, Ruiliang Liu, Pengcheng Zhou, Chun Lu, Zengxin Yang, A. Mark Pollard, Peter Hommel, Jian Ma, Jianfeng Cui, Peter Bray, Jianyi Tong, Jessica Rawson (2020)Provides the site-specific evidence.
Locator: Metal assemblage and analytical results