Berdysyčran-depe
{{Short description|Bronze Age settlement in Turkmenistan}}
Berdysyčran-depe (turk. Berdysyçran-depe, рус. Бердысычран-депе) is an ancient Bronze Age settlement located in the former delta of Tejen River, 60 km south of Tejen (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 {{sfn|Buławka|Kaim|Rzeplińska|2021}}{{cite web |url=https://nplus1.ru/news/2021/11/04/turkmenistan-bronze-age |title=Археологи Нашли в Южном Туркменистане Поселение Цивилизации Окса |access-date=11 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://archeowiesci.pl/en/berdysycran-depe-a-new-site-of-the-oxus-civilisation-in-the-tedjen-alluvial-fan |title=Berdysyčran-depe – a new site of the Oxus civilisation in the Tedjen alluvial fan |publisher=archeowiesci.pl| date=24 January 2022|access-date=24 January 2022}}{{cite journal | vauthors=((Buławka, N.)), ((Orengo, H. A.)) | journal=Remote Sensing | title=Application of multi-temporal and multisource satellite imagery in the study of irrigated landscapes in arid climates | volume=16 | issue=11 | pages=1997 | date= 2024 | doi=10.3390/rs16111997| doi-access=free }}
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.{{sfn|Buławka|Kaim|Rzeplińska|2021}} 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. ,{{sfn|Masson|Sarianidi|1973}} fragments of alabaster vessels and badly damaged bronze objects {{sfn|Buławka|Kaim|Rzeplińska|2021}}
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,{{sfn|Sarianidi|1964}} which dates back to the Early and Middle Bronze Age.
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References
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- {{citation|last1=Buławka|first1=Nazarij|last2=Kaim|first2=Barbara|last3=Rzeplińska|first3=Maja|title=Berdysyčran-depe: A bronze age site in the lower Tedjen river valley, Turkmenistan|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352226721000726|journal=Archaeological Research in Asia|year=2021|volume=28|page=100326|doi=10.1016/j.ara.2021.100326|s2cid=243486566}}
- {{citation|last1=Masson|first1=Vadim Mikhaylovich|last2=Sarianidi|first2=Viktor Ivanovich|title=Sredneaziatskaya Terrakota Epokhi Bronzy : Opyt Klassifikatsii i Interpretatsii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QpcFAAAAMAAJ |year=1973 |location=Moskva|publisher=Izdatel'stvo «Nauka» }}
- {{citation|last1=Sarianidi|first1=Viktor Ivanovich|title=Khapuz-Depe Kak Pamyatnik Epokhi Bronzy|journal=Kratkiye Soobshcheniya Instituta Arkheologii|year=1964|volume=98|pages=60–65}}
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