Altyndepe, the Glossary
Altyndepe (Алтын-Депе, sometimes Altyn Tepe, Turkmen "Golden Hill"), is a Bronze Age (BMAC) archaeological site in Turkmenistan, near Aşgabat, inhabited first from c. 3200 to 2400 BCE in the Late Regionalization Era, and from c. 2400 to 2000 BCE in the Integration Era as a full urban site.[1]
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26 relations: Anau culture, Archaeological site, Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia, Ashgabat, Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex, Bronze Age, Chalcolithic, Harappa, Indus Valley Civilisation, Jeitun, Middle East, Mohenjo-daro, Monjukli Depe, Namazga-Tepe, Periodisation of the Indus Valley Civilisation, Proto-Dravidian language, Ruins, South Turkmenistan Complex Archaeological Expedition, Tepe Hissar, Tureng Tepe, Turkmen language, Turkmenistan, Valery Alekseyev (anthropologist), Ziggurat, 20th century BC, 32nd century BC.
- Ahal Region
- Archaeological sites in Turkmenistan
- Bronze Age sites
- Former populated places in Turkmenistan
Anau culture
The Anau culture was an ancient agricultural civilization of Central Asia centred in southern Turkmenistan. Altyndepe and Anau culture are archaeological sites in Turkmenistan.
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Archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.
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Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia
Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia (Археология, Этнография и Антропология Евразии) is a bilingual peer-reviewed academic journal covering anthropological and archaeological studies on Eurasia.
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Ashgabat
Ashgabat (Turkmen: Aşgabat) is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan.
Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex
The Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) is the modern archaeological designation for a particular Middle Bronze Age civilisation of southern Central Asia, also known as the Oxus Civilization. Altyndepe and Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex are archaeological sites in Turkmenistan.
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Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
Chalcolithic
The Chalcolithic (also called the Copper Age and Eneolithic) was an archaeological period characterized by the increasing use of smelted copper.
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Harappa
Harappa is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about west of Sahiwal.
Indus Valley Civilisation
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE.
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Jeitun
Jeitun (Djeitun) is an archaeological site of the Neolithic period in southern Turkmenistan, about 30 kilometers north of Ashgabat in the Kopet-Dag mountain range. Altyndepe and Jeitun are archaeological sites in Turkmenistan.
Middle East
The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
Mohenjo-daro
Mohenjo-daro (موهن جو دڙو,; موئن جو دڑو) is an archaeological site in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan.
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Monjukli Depe
Monjukli Depe is an ancient settlement in south Turkmenistan, at the northern edge of the Kopet Dag mountains. Altyndepe and Monjukli Depe are archaeological sites in Turkmenistan.
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Namazga-Tepe
Namazga-Tepe or Namazga-depe, is a Bronze Age (BMAC) archaeological site in Turkmenistan, some 100 km east of Aşgabat, near the border to Iran. Altyndepe and Namazga-Tepe are Ahal Region, archaeological sites in Turkmenistan and Former populated places in Turkmenistan.
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Periodisation of the Indus Valley Civilisation
Several periodisations are employed for the periodisation of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
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Proto-Dravidian language
Proto-Dravidian is the linguistic reconstruction of the common ancestor of the Dravidian languages native to the Indian subcontinent.
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Ruins
Ruins are the remains of a civilization's architecture.
South Turkmenistan Complex Archaeological Expedition
The South Turkmenistan Complex Archaeological Expedition (STACE), also called the South Turkmenistan Archaeological Inter-disciplinary Expedition of the Academy of Sciences of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (YuTAKE) was endorsed by the Turkmenistan Academy of Sciences.
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Tepe Hissar
Tepe Hissar (also spelled Tappeh Hesār) is a prehistoric site located in the village Heydarabad just south of Damghan in Semnan Province in northeastern Iran.
Tureng Tepe
Tureng Tepe (تورنگ تپه, "Hill of the Pheasants"; alternatively spelled in English as Turang Tappe/Tape/Tappa/Tappeh) is a Neolithic and Chalcolithic archaeological site in northeastern Iran, in the Gorgan plain, approximately 17 km northeast of the town of Gorgan.
Turkmen language
Turkmen (türkmençe, түркменче, تۆرکمنچه, or türkmen dili, түркмен дили, تۆرکمن ديلی), is a Turkic language of the Oghuz branch spoken by the Turkmens of Central Asia.
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Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west.
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Valery Alekseyev (anthropologist)
Valery Pavlovich Alekseyev, sometimes Alexeev (Russian: Валерий Павлович Алексеев; 22 August 1929 – 7 November 1991) was a Soviet anthropologist, director of the Institute of Archaeology in Moscow (1987–1991) and member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, exceptionally without having been a member of the Communist Party.
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Ziggurat
A ziggurat (Cuneiform: 𒅆𒂍𒉪, Akkadian: ziqqurratum, D-stem of zaqārum 'to protrude, to build high', cognate with other Semitic languages like Hebrew zaqar (זָקַר) 'protrude') is a type of massive structure built in ancient Mesopotamia.
20th century BC
The 20th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2000 BC to 1901 BC.
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32nd century BC
The 32nd century BC was a century lasting from the year 3200 BC to 3101 BC.
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See also
Ahal Region
- 2nd Training Motor Rifle Division "Alp Arslan"
- Abiward
- Ahal Region
- Ak Ishan
- Ak bugdaý District
- Altyndepe
- Ashgabat Power Plant
- Babadaýhan District
- Baherden District
- Darvaza gas crater
- Derweze District
- Gökdepe District
- Kaka District
- Khivabad
- Malik Baba
- Namazga-Tepe
- Nisa, Turkmenistan
- Saparmyrat Hajji Mosque
- Sarahs District
- Tejen District
- Ulug Depe
Archaeological sites in Turkmenistan
- Abiward
- Altyndepe
- Anau culture
- Anau, Turkmenistan
- Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex
- Bagyr
- Cave of Dzhebel
- Dayahatyn
- Dehistan/Mishrian
- Devkesen
- Gonur Depe
- Jeitun
- Konye-Urgench
- Kutlug Timur Minaret
- Mele Hairam
- Merv
- Monjukli Depe
- Namazga-Tepe
- Nisa, Turkmenistan
- Togolok
- Ulug Depe
Bronze Age sites
- Altyndepe
- Başur Höyük
- Dhuweila
- Funtana Coberta
- Gölpınar Dam
- Garakopaktapa
- Goloring
- Jenzig
- Kalapodi
- Konar Sandal
- List of Bronze Age sites in China
- Lumea Nouă
- Măgura Uroiului
- Numeira
- Papoura Hill Circular Structure
- Piatra Tomii
- Roca (archaeological site)
- Tall Zira'a
- Tell Abu al-Kharaz
- Tell el-Maqlub
- Tulul adh-Dhahab
- Xiaohe Cemetery
Former populated places in Turkmenistan
- Altyndepe
- Berdysyčran-depe
- Butentau
- Gonur Depe
- Merv
- Namazga-Tepe
- Nisa, Turkmenistan
- Sanjan (Khorasan)
- Shahsenem
- Togolok
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altyndepe
Also known as Altin Depe, Altin-Depe, Altyn Depe, Altyn-Depe, Altın-Depe.