Altyn Depe — South Craft Quarter
Bronze Age BMAC (3200–2000 BCE)·Namazga V – Altyn Depe·🇹🇲 Ahal Province, Turkmenistan
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About Altyn Depe — South Craft Quarter
Altyn Depe — South Craft Quarter in Ahal Province, Turkmenistan is a Bronze Age BMAC (3200–2000 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Namazga V – Altyn Depe. Craft street south of Altyn citadel with copper foundries and ziggurat slope. Masson Altyn Depe citadel 26 ha with ziggurat, south quarter copper slag.
Why it mattersKey Namazga V – Altyn Depe site informing Central Asian prehistory
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology refinement
- 02Metallurgy evidence
Theories
- 01Long-distance trade route
- 02Urbanism genesis
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3200 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age BMAC (3200–2000 BCE)
- Culture
- Namazga V – Altyn Depe
- Purpose
- Craft street south of Altyn citadel with copper foundries and ziggurat slope
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3200 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Modern excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
36.3500° N · 62.4300° E · 200 m · 3 mapped features
Altyn Depe — South Craft Quarter — Citadel / High Mound
citadelHigh citadel or fortified nucleus
36.3501° N · 62.4301° EAltyn Depe — South Craft Quarter — Craft Quarter
workshopWorkshop district with furnaces or kilns
36.3498° N · 62.4302° EAltyn Depe — South Craft Quarter — Necropolis Extension
necropolisCemetery
36.3504° N · 62.4298° E