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🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Gonur / Togolok phase BMAC 2300–1700 BCE · Bactria–Margiana (Oxus) civilization
BMAC (Bactria–Margiana) monumental temple-fortress (c.2300–1700 BCE) on Murghab alluvium, satellite of Gonur Tepe, built of mud-brick with central fortified court 30×40 m, fire temple, part of Viktor…
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Tell
BMAC Bronze Age (c.2400–1600 BCE; Togolok phase 2200–1800) · BMAC (Togolok temple of Gonur)
Togolok 1 is the BMAC temple-fort satellite of Gonur — 140-m square enclosure with corner towers, central bastioned cult fortress and fire ritual basin. Sariani...
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Tell
BMAC Bronze Age (c.2500–1500 BCE; peak Margiana 2400–1600 BCE) · Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC/Oxus civilization)
Gonur Depe is the 55-ha capital of the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC/Oxus civilization, c.2400–1600 BCE) in Karakum — fortified palace-citadel,...
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Tell
Late Bronze to Early Iron (c.1500–500 BCE; Yaz I–III Iron 1200–500, Achaemenid Yaz III) · Margiana (BMAC) → Yaz I (Early Iron handmade) → Yaz II–III (Median–Achaemenid)
Yaz Depe in Murghab delta is type-site of Yaz I–III Iron culture (c.1200–500 BCE) — Early Iron fortified village with handmade painted Yaz ware, successor to BM...
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
BMAC / Oxus Civilization 2500–1500 BCE (peak 2300–1700 BCE) · Bactria-Margiana / Oxus / Indo-Iranian
Fortified Bronze Age capital (2500–1500 BCE) of Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC, Oxus Civilization) in Murghab delta, discovered by Viktor Sarianidi 1972.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Tell
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (5000–500 BCE; Bronze Age city 2500–1500 BCE) · Anau–Namazga to Oxus (BMAC) to Yaz
Ulugh Depe is Turkmenistan's largest tell — 26-m-high (5000 BCE–500 BCE), 13-ha Bronze Age citadel with Yaz I citadel (1500 BCE) and Namazga IV–VI ceramics.
