Berdysyčran-depe (turk. Berdysyçran-depe, рус. Бердысычран-депе) is an ancient Bronze Age settlement located in the former delta of Tedjen River, 60 km south of Tedjen (city), Turkmenistan.

Archaeological research

Berdysyčran-depe was surveyed in 2015 by a Turkmen-Polish archaeological expedition of the University of Warsaw, headed by Barbara Kaim [1][2][3]

General characteristics

The total area of Berdysyčran-depe is about 15 hectares. The site consists of two parts. The first, the southern mound, is steeper, with an area of about 1 hectare and a height of 6 metres. The second mound, is a more flattened with a height of 7 metres and covering an area of 2.1 hectares. The area between these hills is densely covered with pottery.[1] The analysis of all collected material allowed to date the site to the Middle, Late and Final Bronze Age (2250-1500 BC), i.e. the time corresponding to the rise, flouring and fall of the Oxus Civilization - Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex.

Findings

Among the materials collected by archaeologists are fragments of pottery, a typical female terracotta figurine from the Namazga V period. [4], fragments of alabaster vessels and badly damaged bronze objects [1][2]

Berdysyčran-depe and the settlement of Geoksyur oasis

Berdysyčran-depe was settled during the Namazga V period, which is, after Geoksyur Oasis was abandoned. The site is located 15 km south of Hapuz-depe,[5] which dates back to the Early and Middle Bronze Age.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Buławka, Kaim & Rzeplińska 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Археологи Нашли в Южном Туркменистане Поселение Цивилизации Окса". Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Berdysyčran-depe – a new site of the Oxus civilisation in the Tedjen alluvial fan". archeowiesci.pl. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Masson & Sarianidi 1973.
  5. ↑ Sarianidi 1964.

References

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